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"
Nondramatic poem

Play

Sonnet

Anthem
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?
Swan

Bird of loudest lay

Crow

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

Truth and beauty

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?
Andrew Marvell

Ben Jonson

John Keats

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

It represents death

It killed the turtle-dove

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

Invite

Interrupt

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

Transubstantiation

Resurrection

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

Primordial

Carnal

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

Allegory

Personification

Metaphor
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Turtle

Crow

Phoenix

Eagle
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 go dormant

They rise from the ashes

They manifest in a new pair of lovers
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

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?
Obsequy

Funeral

Anthem

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

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To make a point about mystical love and personality

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"?
Emily Dickinson

Wallace Stevens

James Joyce

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

Related to death

Related to the color black

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

Black

Blood-red

White
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Fuse but remain separate

Become one person

Die in isolation

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

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