Christmas Bells Quizzes

Christmas Bells Quiz

1 When was the poem written?
1864

1844

1850

1860
2 What war does the poem refer to?
The Civil War

The War of 1812

The Revolutionary War

The Mexican-American War
3 What day is it?
4th of July

Christmas

Christmas Eve

New Year's
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

happiness

salvation

life
6 The song of the belfries is initially
unbroken

sporadic

muffled

terrifying
7 The cannons are located where?
At sea

In the North

Unknown

In the South
8 The cannons are described as all of the following except:
accursed

wild

thundering

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

Enhance them

Sing with them

Drown them
10 What natural phenomenon does the poet compare the cannons to?
Tsunami

Tornado

Earthquake

Blizzard
11 What does the poet feel when he hears the cannons?
Apathy

Confusion

Despair

Glee
12 What does the poet say is strong?
Cannons

Love

Music

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

Emphasizes it

Eradicates it

Ruins it
14 What do the bells do in response?
Vanish

Nothing

Peal louder

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

absent

afraid

here
16 What does the poet say shall fail?
Right

Wrong

Slavery

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

Right

The North

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

"For hate is strong, / And mocks the song"

"I heard the bells on Christmas Day"

"The Right prevail"
19 How long is each stanza?
Six lines

Five lines

Three lines

Four lines
20 The poem was the inspiration for a
Christmas carol

Film

Novel

Painting
21 The poem came right after what event in Longfellow's life?
His wife's death

His appointment to Harvard

A trip abroad

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

apathy

despair

anger
23 The poem ends on a note of
sorrow

resignation

hope

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

His son served in it

His daughter was a nurse in it

He served in it
25 The bells sound like
birds

prayers

carols

guns