Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"

to celebrate easter

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate a wedding

to mourn the death of love
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?

his pride and innocence

his family

his faith and worth

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

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate

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

their enemies

their employers

women

lawyers
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?

personification

similie

metonymy

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?

shame

an attorney

his sister

blame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

his mother's

God's

his mistress's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?

a mournful song

a tragic play

a poem about a war

a song of celebration
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 is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

he is cremated

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"

"Love is Dead"

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

Stanza 4

Stanza 3

Stanza 1

Stanza 2
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so

he was confused

rage
16 Where does Love sleep?

in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart
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

when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up
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?

insanity

his mistress

love itself

sleep

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