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 mourn the death of love

to celebrate a wedding

to celebrate easter
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his pride and innocence

his family

his job

his faith and worth
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

lawyers

their employers

women
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because he is sick

because they are at war

because his mother has died

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?
shame

blame

an attorney

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

God's

his mother's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a poem about a war

a song of celebration

a tragic play

a mournful song
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Love

Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney

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

She has transformed into stone

She is dead (just as is love)

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

the speaker's mistress' heart

Nottingham cemetery

he is cremated
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 3

Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 1
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress

rage

someone else told him so
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his winding-sheet

in his bed

in the mistress' heart

in the speaker
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
only her own

God's

Love's

the speaker's
18 When will Love wake up?
when the mistress finds what she deserves

never

in the morning

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

time for dessert

an arid desert

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

insanity

love itself

sleep

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