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"
Sonnet

Play

Nondramatic poem

Anthem
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Metaphor

Allusion

Allegory

Rant
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?
The ideal love

Chastity

Truth and beauty

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?
Ben Jonson

John Keats

John Wilmot

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

It killed the turtle-dove

It represents death

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed
9 What does "interdict" mean in the poem?
Interrupt

Invite

Dictate

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

Transubstantiation

The Trinity

Sin
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
Personification

Metaphor

Allusion

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

Eagle

Turtle

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

The Phoenix

The chorus of birds

Reason
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?
Guilt

Honesty

Eternal life

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

In a grave

On a funeral pyre

At the foot of the Arabian tree
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 show how the lovers possess each other

To make a point about mystical love and personality

To discuss the inheritance of the dead lovers

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"?
Queen Elizabeth

John Salusbury

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ben Jonson
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 the color black

Related to things defective

Related to music

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

White

Flame-colored

Black
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Die in isolation

Become one person

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Fuse but remain separate

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