Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to mourn the death of love

to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his family

his faith and worth

his pride and innocence

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

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
lawyers

their enemies

women

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

because they are at war

because his mother has died

because love is dead
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
similie

metonymy

allegory

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
his sister

shame

blame

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

his mistress's

God's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a poem about a war

a song of celebration

a tragic play

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

Sir Right

Love

Sir Philip Sidney
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?
Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

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

"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

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

Stanza 1

Stanza 4

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

he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his bed

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker

in his winding-sheet
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
Love's

God's

only her own

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

never

after the speaker cheers up

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

time for dessert

an arid desert

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

love itself

sleep

his mistress

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