The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Martyr

Romeo and Juliet
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Play

Anthem

Sonnet

Nondramatic poem
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Rant

Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Crow

Swan

Bird of loudest lay

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
Truth and beauty

Chastity

The ideal love

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The death of John Donne

The end of Shakespeare's love affair
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
John Keats

John Wilmot

Ben Jonson

Andrew Marvell
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It has grey feathers

It represents death

It killed the turtle-dove
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Ban

Dictate

Invite

Interrupt
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
The Trinity

Transubstantiation

Resurrection

Sin
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Passionate

Primordial

Carnal

Chaste
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Personification

Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Turtle

Eagle

Phoenix

Crow
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
Reason

The narrator

The Phoenix

The chorus of birds
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They go dormant

They manifest in a new pair of lovers

They die

They rise from the ashes
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Religion

Honesty

Eternal life

Guilt
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
At the foot of the Arabian tree

On a funeral pyre

In an urn

In a grave
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Funeral

Obsequy

Threnos

Anthem
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To point to a love beyond jealously

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To show how the lovers possess each other

To make a point about mystical love and personality
20 "Twain" means
Trained

Twixt

Two

Between
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ben Jonson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Queen Elizabeth

John Salusbury
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
James Joyce

Wallace Stevens

Emily Dickinson

All of the above
23 What does "defunctive" mean?
Related to death

Related to things defective

Related to the color black

Related to music
24 What color is a surplice?
Black

Blood-red

Flame-colored

White
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Become one person

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Fuse but remain separate

Die in isolation

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