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 easter

to celebrate a wedding

to announce the arrival of the King

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

his family

his job

his pride and innocence

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"

he's getting divorced

his mistress has left him

the prevelance of cheating

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

their employers

lawyers

women

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

because love is dead

because they are at war

because his mother has died

because he is sick
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?

allegory

personification

metonymy

similie
7 Who executes Love's will?

blame

shame

an attorney

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

God's

his mother's

the audience's

his mistress's
9 What is a dirge?

a tragic play

a song of celebration

a poem about a war

a mournful song
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 is dead (just as is love)

She is cold-hearted

She has transformed into stone
12 Where is Love buried?

Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's heart

the speaker's mistress' heart

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Love is Dead"

"Sir Wrong"
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?

he was confused

someone else told him so

he meant to trick his mistress

rage
16 Where does Love sleep?

in the speaker

in the mistress' heart

in his bed

in his winding-sheet
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

never

in the morning
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?

the desert of the speaker's heart

time for dessert

an arid desert

just deserts
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?

love itself

insanity

his mistress

sleep

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