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

Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labour's Lost

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

Anthem

Nondramatic poem

Play
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Rant

Allegory

Allusion

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

Crow

Bird of loudest lay

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

Truth and beauty

Chastity

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 end of Shakespeare's love affair

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

John Wilmot

John Keats

Andrew Marvell
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It represents death

It has grey feathers

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

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

Dictate

Ban

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

Sin

Transubstantiation

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

Carnal

Passionate

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

Metaphor

Personification

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

Eagle

Phoenix

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 manifest in a new pair of lovers

They rise from the ashes

They go dormant

They die
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Guilt

Eternal life

Religion

Honesty
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
On a funeral pyre

In an urn

In a grave

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 discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To show how the lovers possess each other

To point to a love beyond jealously
20 "Twain" means
Between

Two

Trained

Twixt
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Queen Elizabeth

Ben Jonson

John Salusbury

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 the color black

Related to things defective

Related to death

Related to music
24 What color is a surplice?
White

Blood-red

Flame-colored

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

Become one person

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

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