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 mourn the death of love

to celebrate a wedding

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

his faith and worth

his pride and innocence

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

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

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

their enemies

their employers

women
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because they are at war

because he is sick

because love is dead

because his mother has died
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
metonymy

allegory

personification

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

shame

blame

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

the audience's

his mistress's

his mother's
9 What is a dirge?
a song of celebration

a poem about a war

a tragic play

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

Love

Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She has transformed into stone

She is cold-hearted

She is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll
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"

"Love is Dead"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 3

Stanza 1

Stanza 2

Stanza 4
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he meant to trick his mistress

rage

he was confused

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

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart

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

only her own

God's

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?
when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
an arid desert

just deserts

time for dessert

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

insanity

his mistress

sleep

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