Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter

to mourn the death of love
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his pride and innocence

his job

his family

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the prevelance of cheating

he's getting divorced

his mistress has left him

the high divorce rate
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
women

lawyers

their employers

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because he is sick

because his mother has died

because love is dead

because they are at war
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
similie

metonymy

allegory

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
blame

shame

an attorney

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mother's

the audience's

his mistress's

God's
9 What is a dirge?
a mournful song

a song of celebration

a tragic play

a poem about a war
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Love

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

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 has transformed into stone

She is a doll

She is cold-hearted
12 Where is Love buried?
the speaker's heart

the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Love is Dead"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Sir Wrong"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 3
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
rage

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?
in the mistress' heart

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
Love's

the speaker's

only her own

God's
18 When will Love wake up?
in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert

just deserts

time for dessert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

insanity

sleep

his mistress

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