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 celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

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

his pride and innocence

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 prevelance of cheating

the high divorce rate
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
their enemies

lawyers

their employers

women
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because they are at war

because his mother has died

because he is sick

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

metonymy

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
his sister

blame

shame

an attorney
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mother's

God's

the audience's

his mistress's
9 What is a dirge?
a poem about a war

a tragic play

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 is cold-hearted

She is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?
he is cremated

the speaker's mistress' heart

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"

"Sir Wrong"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 3

Stanza 4

Stanza 2

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

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his winding-sheet

in the mistress' heart

in his bed

in the speaker
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
the speaker's

God's

Love's

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

never

in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
just deserts

an arid desert

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

insanity

his mistress

sleep

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