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 announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate a wedding

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

his family

his faith and worth

his job

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

he's getting divorced

his mistress has left him

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"

their enemies

lawyers

their employers

women
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?

because they are at war

because love is dead

because his mother has died

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

personification

similie

allegory

metonymy
7 Who executes Love's will?

an attorney

his sister

shame

blame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

the audience's

his mistress's

his mother's

God's
9 What is a dirge?

a song of celebration

a tragic play

a poem about a war

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

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

Love

Sir Right
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"

She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone

She is a doll

She is dead (just as is love)
12 Where is Love buried?

the speaker's heart

the speaker's mistress' heart

Nottingham cemetery

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 3

Stanza 2

Stanza 4

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 the mistress' heart

in his winding-sheet

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?

never

in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up
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?

love itself

his mistress

insanity

sleep

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