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 mourn the death of love

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

his job

his faith and worth

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

the high divorce rate

his mistress has left him

the prevelance of cheating
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
lawyers

women

their employers

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

because love is dead

because they are at war

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

similie

metonymy

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
his sister

an attorney

blame

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

the audience's

his mother's

God's
9 What is a dirge?
a mournful song

a poem about a war

a song of celebration

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

Sir Right

Love

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 cold-hearted

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

he is cremated

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Love is Dead"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 2

Stanza 4

Stanza 3

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

someone else told him so

he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress
16 Where does Love sleep?
in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker

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

Love's

the speaker's

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

after the speaker cheers up

never

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

just deserts

an arid desert

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

insanity

love itself

his mistress

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