The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Love's Martyr

Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's Sonnets
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Sonnet

Play

Anthem

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

Metaphor

Rant

Allegory
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Bird of loudest lay

Crow

Swan

All of the above
5 What do the Phoenix and the Turtle represent?
The ideal love

Chastity

Truth and beauty

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The death of John Donne

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
Ben Jonson

John Keats

Andrew Marvell

John Wilmot
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It represents death

It killed the turtle-dove

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It has grey feathers
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Invite

Ban

Dictate

Interrupt
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
Sin

The Trinity

Resurrection

Transubstantiation
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Carnal

Chaste

Primordial

Passionate
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Allusion

Personification

Metaphor

Allegory
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Crow

Turtle

Eagle

Phoenix
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
The Phoenix

Reason

The chorus of birds

The narrator
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They die

They manifest in a new pair of lovers

They go dormant

They rise from the ashes
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Eternal life

Guilt

Religion

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

In a grave

In an urn

On a funeral pyre
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Anthem

Funeral

Threnos

Obsequy
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To show how the lovers possess each other

To point to a love beyond jealously

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

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

Twixt

Between

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

Queen Elizabeth

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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 music

Related to death

Related to things defective

Related to the color black
24 What color is a surplice?
Blood-red

White

Flame-colored

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

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

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