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 celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his faith and worth

his family

his pride and innocence

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

he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate

his mistress has left him
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 his mother has died

because they are at war

because he is sick

because love is dead
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
metonymy

personification

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

shame

blame

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

God's

his mother's

his mistress's
9 What is a dirge?
a tragic play

a poem about a war

a mournful song

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

Love

Sir Wrong

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

She is a doll

She is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted
12 Where is Love buried?
the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

he is cremated

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

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

rage

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so
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?
God's

Love's

the speaker's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?
when the mistress finds what she deserves

in the morning

after the speaker cheers up

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
time for dessert

an arid desert

the desert of the speaker's heart

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

love itself

sleep

insanity

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