Christmas Bells Quizzes

Christmas Bells Quiz

1 When was the poem written?
1844

1860

1864

1850
2 What war does the poem refer to?
The Mexican-American War

The Civil War

The Revolutionary War

The War of 1812
3 What day is it?
Christmas Eve

Christmas

New Year's

4th of July
4 How does the narrator initially describe the bells?
Mournful

Soft and peaceful

Wild and sweet

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

salvation

happiness

life
6 The song of the belfries is initially
terrifying

unbroken

muffled

sporadic
7 The cannons are located where?
Unknown

In the North

In the South

At sea
8 The cannons are described as all of the following except:
accursed

wild

thundering

black
9 What did the cannons due to the carols?
Sing with them

Drown them

Enhance them

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

Blizzard

Tsunami

Tornado
11 What does the poet feel when he hears the cannons?
Confusion

Despair

Apathy

Glee
12 What does the poet say is strong?
Love

Cannons

Hate

Music
13 What does the poet say the cannons do to the song?
Eradicates it

Emphasizes it

Ruins it

Mocks it
14 What do the bells do in response?
Nothing

Peal louder

Vanish

Begin to sound like cannons
15 "God is not _______"
dead

absent

here

afraid
16 What does the poet say shall fail?
Right

Wrong

The South

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

Wrong

Right

God
18 What are the last lines of the poem?
"With peace on earth, good-will to men"

"The Right prevail"

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day"

"For hate is strong, / And mocks the song"
19 How long is each stanza?
Five lines

Six lines

Three lines

Four lines
20 The poem was the inspiration for a
Film

Painting

Novel

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

His child's death

A trip abroad

His wife's death
22 The poem's tone vacillates between hope and
apathy

despair

anger

confusion
23 The poem ends on a note of
sorrow

anger

resignation

hope
24 How was Longfellow tied to the Civil War?
He served in it

His daughter was a nurse in it

He was an adviser to Lincoln

His son served in it
25 The bells sound like
prayers

guns

birds

carols