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 a wedding

to mourn the death of love

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?

his family

his faith and worth

his pride and innocence

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

he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

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

their enemies

women

lawyers

their employers
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?

because love is dead

because he is sick

because his mother has died

because they are at war
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?

allegory

metonymy

similie

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?

shame

blame

an attorney

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

God's

his mother's

his mistress's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?

a song of celebration

a mournful song

a poem about a war

a tragic play
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?

Sir Philip Sidney

Love

Sir Right

Sir Wrong
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 dead (just as is love)

She is a doll
12 Where is Love buried?

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's mistress' heart

he is cremated

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

"Sir Wrong"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Love is Dead"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?

Stanza 2

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 4
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 his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?

God's

the speaker's

only her own

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?

in the morning

never

when the mistress finds what she deserves

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

just deserts

the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert

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

insanity

love itself

sleep

his mistress

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