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 pride and innocence

his family

his job

his faith and worth
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

their employers

lawyers

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

because his mother has died

because he is sick

because love is dead

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

similie

personification

allegory

metonymy
7 Who executes Love's will?

his sister

an attorney

blame

shame
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 tragic play

a poem about a war

a song of celebration

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

Love

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Right

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

She is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted

She is a doll

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?

he is cremated

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?

"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 2

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

he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress

rage

someone else told him so
16 Where does Love sleep?

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker

in his winding-sheet

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?

Love's

God's

the speaker's

only her own
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

the desert of the speaker's heart

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

his mistress

love itself

insanity

sleep

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