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 mourn the death of love

to announce the arrival of the King

to celebrate a wedding
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?"

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

the prevelance of cheating

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 love is dead

because his mother has died

because they are at war

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

metonymy

personification

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?

blame

an attorney

shame

his sister
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?

his mother's

God's

his mistress's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?

a song of celebration

a tragic play

a poem about a war

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

Love

Sir Wrong

Sir Right

Sir Philip Sidney
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?

he is cremated

the speaker's heart

Nottingham cemetery

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

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Sir Wrong"

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

Stanza 4

Stanza 1

Stanza 3

Stanza 2
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?

he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so

he was confused

rage
16 Where does Love sleep?

in the mistress' heart

in his bed

in his winding-sheet

in the speaker
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?

the speaker's

God's

only her own

Love's
18 When will Love wake up?

after the speaker cheers up

never

when the mistress finds what she deserves

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

time for dessert

the desert of the speaker's heart

an arid desert

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

his mistress

insanity

sleep

love itself

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