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

Romeo and Juliet

Love's Labour's Lost

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

Rant

Allegory

Allusion
4 Which birds are invited to the ceremony commemorating the Phoenix and the Turtle?
Crow

Swan

Bird of loudest lay

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

Chastity

Truth and beauty

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The death of Queen Elizabeth

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The death of John Donne

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

John Keats

Ben Jonson

Andrew Marvell
8 Why is the screech-owl disinvited from the ceremony?
It has grey feathers

It represents death

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

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

Ban

Interrupt

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

Transubstantiation

The Trinity

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

Carnal

Chaste

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?
Crow

Phoenix

Eagle

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

The Phoenix

Reason

The chorus of birds
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They rise from the ashes

They die

They manifest in a new pair of lovers

They go dormant
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Guilt

Honesty

Religion

Eternal life
17 At the end of the poem, where are the bodies of the Phoenix and the Turtle?
At the foot of the Arabian tree

In an urn

On a funeral pyre

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

Obsequy

Anthem

Threnos
19 Why is "property" discussed in the poem?
To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

To show how the lovers possess each other

To make a point about mystical love and personality

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

Trained

Twixt

Between
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"?
Wallace Stevens

James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

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

Related to things defective

Related to music

Related to the color black
24 What color is a surplice?
Black

Blood-red

White

Flame-colored
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Become one person

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Die in isolation

Fuse but remain separate

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