Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter

to mourn the death of love

to celebrate a wedding
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his faith and worth

his pride and innocence

his family

his job
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

the high divorce rate

his mistress has left him
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
lawyers

women

their employers

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because love is dead

because they are at war

because his mother has died

because he is sick
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
metonymy

similie

personification

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
his sister

shame

blame

an attorney
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mistress's

God's

his mother's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a song of celebration

a poem about a war

a tragic play

a mournful song
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Love

Sir Wrong

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Right
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll

She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?
the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Sir Wrong"

"Love is Dead"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 2

Stanza 4
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress

rage

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his winding-sheet

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
only her own

Love's

God's

the speaker's
18 When will Love wake up?
after the speaker cheers up

when the mistress finds what she deserves

in the morning

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
an arid desert

just deserts

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

sleep

insanity

his mistress

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