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 Martyr

Love's Labour's Lost

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

Nondramatic poem

Sonnet

Play
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?
Swan

Crow

Bird of loudest lay

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

The ideal love

Chastity

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The death of John Donne

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

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

John Wilmot

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

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It killed the turtle-dove

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

Interrupt

Dictate

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

Transubstantiation

Resurrection

The Trinity
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Chaste

Passionate

Carnal

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

Allegory

Allusion

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

Crow

Eagle

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

Reason

The chorus of birds

The Phoenix
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 rise from the ashes

They die
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Eternal life

Honesty

Guilt

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

On a funeral pyre

At the foot of the Arabian tree

In an urn
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 make a point about mystical love and personality

To show how the lovers possess each other

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

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

Trained

Twixt

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

Queen Elizabeth

Ben Jonson

Ralph Waldo Emerson
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

Wallace Stevens

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

Related to the color black

Related to things defective

Related to death
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

Fuse but remain separate

Die in isolation

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