The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Love's Martyr

Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Labour's Lost
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Play

Anthem

Sonnet

Nondramatic poem
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Rant

Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Swan

Crow

Bird of loudest lay

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
Truth and beauty

Chastity

The ideal love

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The death of John Donne

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The end of Shakespeare's love affair
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
Andrew Marvell

John Keats

Ben Jonson

John Wilmot
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It has grey feathers

It represents death

It killed the turtle-dove

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Ban

Dictate

Invite

Interrupt
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
The Trinity

Resurrection

Sin

Transubstantiation
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Chaste

Primordial

Carnal

Passionate
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Metaphor

Allusion

Personification

Allegory
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Phoenix

Eagle

Crow

Turtle
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
The chorus of birds

Reason

The narrator

The Phoenix
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They rise from the ashes

They die

They go dormant

They manifest in a new pair of lovers
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Guilt

Eternal life

Religion

Honesty
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
At the foot of the Arabian tree

In a grave

On a funeral pyre

In an urn
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Funeral

Anthem

Obsequy

Threnos
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To show how the lovers possess each other

To point to a love beyond jealously

To make a point about mystical love and personality
20 "Twain" means
Between

Two

Trained

Twixt
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ben Jonson

Queen Elizabeth

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

Wallace Stevens

All of the above
23 What does "defunctive" mean?
Related to music

Related to the color black

Related to death

Related to things defective
24 What color is a surplice?
Flame-colored

White

Blood-red

Black
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Fuse but remain separate

Die in isolation

Become one person

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