The Phoenix and the Turtle Quizzes

The Phoenix and the Turtle Quiz

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

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Labour's Lost

Romeo and Juliet
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Nondramatic poem

Sonnet

Play

Anthem
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Metaphor

Rant

Allegory

Allusion
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Bird of loudest lay

Swan

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 death of John Donne

The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The end of Shakespeare's love affair
7 Who else contributed to the book in which "The Phoenix and the Turtle" was printed?
Ben Jonson

John Wilmot

Andrew Marvell

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

It has grey feathers

It killed the turtle-dove

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

Interrupt

Invite

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

Resurrection

The Trinity

Transubstantiation
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Passionate

Primordial

Chaste

Carnal
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?
Turtle

Eagle

Crow

Phoenix
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
Reason

The Phoenix

The narrator

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

They rise from the ashes

They die

They manifest in a new pair of lovers
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Religion

Honesty

Guilt

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

At the foot of the Arabian tree

On a funeral pyre

In a grave
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 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
Trained

Twixt

Between

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

Ben Jonson

Ralph Waldo Emerson

John Salusbury
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 the color black

Related to death

Related to music

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

Flame-colored

Black

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

Fuse but remain separate

Die in isolation

Become one person

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