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 celebrate a wedding

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

his faith and worth

his family

his pride and innocence
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the high divorce rate

he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

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

their enemies

lawyers

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

because he is sick

because his mother has died

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

similie

metonymy

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
shame

his sister

an attorney

blame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
God's

his mistress's

the audience's

his mother's
9 What is a dirge?
a poem about a war

a mournful song

a song of celebration

a tragic play
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

Love
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 mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

he is cremated

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 3

Stanza 1
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
rage

he was confused

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
God's

only her own

the speaker's

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?
never

in the morning

after the speaker cheers up

when the mistress finds what she deserves
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
time for dessert

just deserts

the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
sleep

love itself

his mistress

insanity

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