1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?" to celebrate easter to celebrate a wedding to announce the arrival of the King to mourn the death of love 2 What has the mistress's lover scorned? his family his faith and worth his pride and innocence his job 3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?" the high divorce rate he's getting divorced the prevelance of cheating his mistress has left him 4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?" lawyers their enemies women their employers 5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep? because they are at war because his mother has died because he is sick because love is dead 6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love? metonymy personification allegory similie 7 Who executes Love's will? blame an attorney shame his sister 8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for? the audience's his mother's his mistress's God's 9 What is a dirge? a poem about a war a song of celebration a tragic play a mournful song 10 What is the name on Love's tomb? Sir Right Sir Wrong Sir Philip Sidney Love 11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?" She is a doll She has transformed into stone She is dead (just as is love) She is cold-hearted 12 Where is Love buried? he is cremated the speaker's mistress' heart Nottingham cemetery the speaker's heart 13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb? "Sir Wrong" "Her eyes were once his dart." "For So Ungrateful Fancy" "Love is Dead" 14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive? Stanza 3 Stanza 2 Stanza 1 Stanza 4 15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death? someone else told him so he was confused he meant to trick his mistress rage 16 Where does Love sleep? in his winding-sheet in the speaker in his bed in the mistress' heart 17 Whose council does the mistress keep? only her own the speaker's God's Love's 18 When will Love wake up? never when the mistress finds what she deserves after the speaker cheers up in the morning 19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem? just deserts an arid desert time for dessert the desert of the speaker's heart 20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza? sleep his mistress love itself insanity