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 mourn the death of love

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate a wedding
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his pride and innocence

his job

his faith and worth

his family
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
his mistress has left him

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating

he's getting divorced
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
their employers

their enemies

women

lawyers
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?
metonymy

personification

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
shame

an attorney

his sister

blame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mistress's

his mother's

God's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a tragic play

a mournful song

a poem about a war

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

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Wrong

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

She is cold-hearted

She is dead (just as is love)

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"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"
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

someone else told him so

rage

he was confused
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?
God's

the speaker's

only her own

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

just deserts

time for dessert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

his mistress

sleep

insanity

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