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

Love's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Play

Sonnet

Anthem

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

Allusion

Metaphor

Allegory
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Bird of loudest lay

Crow

Swan

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
The ideal love

Chastity

Truth and beauty

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

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of Queen Elizabeth
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
John Wilmot

John Keats

Andrew Marvell

Ben Jonson
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It has grey feathers

It killed the turtle-dove

It represents death

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

Dictate

Interrupt

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

Sin

Transubstantiation

Resurrection
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Passionate

Primordial

Chaste

Carnal
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Allegory

Personification

Metaphor

Allusion
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Turtle

Phoenix

Crow

Eagle
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
Reason

The chorus of birds

The narrator

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

They rise from the ashes

They go dormant

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

Eternal life

Guilt

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 an urn

In a grave

On a funeral pyre
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Obsequy

Anthem

Threnos

Funeral
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 make a point about mystical love and personality

To point to a love beyond jealously
20 "Twain" means
Twixt

Between

Trained

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury

Queen Elizabeth
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
Wallace Stevens

James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

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

Related to the color black

Related to things defective

Related to music
24 What color is a surplice?
Blood-red

Flame-colored

Black

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

Become one person

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

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