The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

1 Where was "The Phoenix and the Turtle" originally published?
Love's Labour's Lost

Love's Martyr

Romeo and Juliet

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

Nondramatic poem

Anthem

Play
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Metaphor

Allusion

Rant

Allegory
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 end of Shakespeare's love affair

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
Andrew Marvell

John Wilmot

John Keats

Ben Jonson
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It killed the turtle-dove

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

It has grey feathers

It represents death
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Interrupt

Invite

Ban

Dictate
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
Passionate

Chaste

Carnal

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

Allusion

Allegory

Metaphor
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 Phoenix

The narrator

Reason

The chorus of birds
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?
Religion

Guilt

Honesty

Eternal life
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
In an urn

On a funeral pyre

At the foot of the Arabian tree

In a grave
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Anthem

Funeral

Obsequy

Threnos
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
Two

Twixt

Trained

Between
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ben Jonson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury

Queen Elizabeth
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 death

Related to music

Related to things defective
24 What color is a surplice?
Blood-red

Flame-colored

White

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

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Become one person

Die in isolation

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