Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to mourn the death of love

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate easter

to celebrate a wedding
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his job

his faith and worth

his family

his pride and innocence
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

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

their employers

lawyers

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

because love is dead

because his mother has died

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

allegory

similie

personification
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

shame

his sister

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

the audience's

God's

his mistress's
9 What is a dirge?
a mournful song

a song of celebration

a poem about a war

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

Sir Wrong

Sir Philip Sidney

Sir Right
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She is dead (just as is love)

She is a doll

She has transformed into stone

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

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's heart

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

"Love is Dead"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 4

Stanza 3

Stanza 2

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

he was confused

he meant to trick his mistress

rage
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?
God's

the speaker's

Love's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?
when the mistress finds what she deserves

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning

never
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
just deserts

an arid desert

the desert of the speaker's heart

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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