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 celebrate a wedding

to celebrate easter

to mourn the death of love
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?"
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?"
their employers

women

lawyers

their enemies
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because love is dead

because he is sick

because they are at war

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

similie

metonymy

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
shame

an attorney

blame

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

God's

his mistress's

his mother's
9 What is a dirge?
a mournful song

a poem about a war

a tragic play

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

Sir Right

Sir Wrong

Love
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 a doll

She is dead (just as is love)
12 Where is Love buried?
the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated
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 2

Stanza 1

Stanza 4

Stanza 3
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
rage

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?
in the mistress' heart

in his bed

in the speaker

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

the speaker's

Love's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?
after the speaker cheers up

in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves

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

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart

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

sleep

insanity

love itself

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