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 easter

to announce the arrival of the King

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

his job

his family

his faith and worth

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

he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

the high divorce rate

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

their employers

lawyers

their enemies

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

because he is sick

because his mother has died

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?

an attorney

blame

his sister

shame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

his mistress's

the audience's

his mother's

God's
9 What is a dirge?

a mournful song

a song of celebration

a tragic play

a poem about a war
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?

Sir Right

Love

Sir Wrong

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 dead (just as is love)

She is a doll

She is cold-hearted
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?

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"

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

Stanza 2

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

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

he was confused

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress

rage
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?

the speaker's

only her own

God's

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?

never

after the speaker cheers up

when the mistress finds what she deserves

in the morning
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?

an arid desert

the desert of the speaker's heart

time for dessert

just deserts
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?

his mistress

love itself

insanity

sleep

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