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 Martyr

Love's Labour's Lost

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

Anthem

Sonnet

Play
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Rant

Metaphor

Allegory

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

Swan

Crow

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 Queen Elizabeth

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of John Donne
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
John Keats

Ben Jonson

Andrew Marvell

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

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It has grey feathers

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

Ban

Invite

Dictate
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
Transubstantiation

Sin

The Trinity

Resurrection
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

Metaphor

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

Eagle

Crow

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

The chorus of birds

The narrator

Reason
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?
Eternal life

Honesty

Religion

Guilt
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
In a grave

On a funeral pyre

In an urn

At the foot of the Arabian tree
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Obsequy

Threnos

Anthem

Funeral
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To make a point about mystical love and personality

To show how the lovers possess each other

To point to a love beyond jealously

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers
20 "Twain" means
Twixt

Two

Between

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ben Jonson

Queen Elizabeth
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
Wallace Stevens

Emily Dickinson

James Joyce

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

Related to the color black

Related to death

Related to music
24 What color is a surplice?
Flame-colored

White

Blood-red

Black
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

Become one person

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