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 easter

to celebrate a wedding

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

his pride and innocence

his faith and worth

his family
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him
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 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?
similie

allegory

personification

metonymy
7 Who executes Love's will?
shame

an attorney

his sister

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

his mistress's

the audience's

his mother's
9 What is a dirge?
a song of celebration

a tragic play

a mournful song

a poem about a war
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney

Love

Sir Wrong
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone

She is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll
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?
"Love is Dead"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Sir Wrong"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 3

Stanza 4

Stanza 1
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
someone else told him so

rage

he meant to trick his mistress

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

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
God's

Love's

only her own

the speaker's
18 When will Love wake up?
in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves

never

after the speaker cheers up
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
an arid desert

time for dessert

just deserts

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

his mistress

insanity

love itself

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