Christmas Bells Quizzes

Christmas Bells Quiz

1 When was the poem written?
1860

1844

1850

1864
2 What war does the poem refer to?
The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

The War of 1812
3 What day is it?
4th of July

New Year's

Christmas Eve

Christmas
4 How does the narrator initially describe the bells?
Wild and sweet

Mournful

Soft and peaceful

Thundering
5 "The words repeat / Of ______ on Earth"
life

peace

happiness

salvation
6 The song of the belfries is initially
muffled

terrifying

sporadic

unbroken
7 The cannons are located where?
In the South

At sea

Unknown

In the North
8 The cannons are described as all of the following except:
wild

accursed

thundering

black
9 What did the cannons due to the carols?
Drown them

Sing with them

Enhance them

Destroy them
10 What natural phenomenon does the poet compare the cannons to?
Blizzard

Tsunami

Tornado

Earthquake
11 What does the poet feel when he hears the cannons?
Despair

Confusion

Apathy

Glee
12 What does the poet say is strong?
Music

Love

Cannons

Hate
13 What does the poet say the cannons do to the song?
Ruins it

Eradicates it

Mocks it

Emphasizes it
14 What do the bells do in response?
Begin to sound like cannons

Nothing

Peal louder

Vanish
15 "God is not _______"
dead

here

afraid

absent
16 What does the poet say shall fail?
Slavery

The South

Right

Wrong
17 What does the poet say will prevail?
The North

God

Right

Wrong
18 What are the last lines of the poem?
"For hate is strong, / And mocks the song"

"The Right prevail"

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day"

"With peace on earth, good-will to men"
19 How long is each stanza?
Six lines

Three lines

Five lines

Four lines
20 The poem was the inspiration for a
Painting

Novel

Christmas carol

Film
21 The poem came right after what event in Longfellow's life?
His appointment to Harvard

A trip abroad

His wife's death

His child's death
22 The poem's tone vacillates between hope and
confusion

apathy

anger

despair
23 The poem ends on a note of
anger

hope

sorrow

resignation
24 How was Longfellow tied to the Civil War?
He was an adviser to Lincoln

He served in it

His daughter was a nurse in it

His son served in it
25 The bells sound like
birds

carols

guns

prayers