The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labour's Lost

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Martyr
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Nondramatic poem

Anthem

Play

Sonnet
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor

Rant
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Swan

Bird of loudest lay

Crow

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 end of Shakespeare's love affair

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of John Donne

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

John Keats

Ben Jonson

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

It killed the turtle-dove

It represents death

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

Interrupt

Dictate

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

The Trinity

Transubstantiation

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

Primordial

Chaste

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

Allegory

Personification

Allusion
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Eagle

Phoenix

Turtle

Crow
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
The chorus of birds

Reason

The Phoenix

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

They die

They manifest in a new pair of lovers

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

Religion

Eternal life

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

In an urn

At the foot of the Arabian tree

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

Threnos

Anthem

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

To make a point about mystical love and personality

To point to a love beyond jealously

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

Between

Two

Twixt
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury

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 death

Related to music

Related to the color black

Related to things defective
24 What color is a surplice?
Black

White

Blood-red

Flame-colored
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Become one person

Die in isolation

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Fuse but remain separate

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