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

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Love's Martyr

Love's Labour's Lost
2 What kind of text is "The Phoenix and the Turtle"
Anthem

Nondramatic poem

Play

Sonnet
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Metaphor

Rant

Allusion

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?
The ideal love

Chastity

Truth and beauty

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The knighting of Sir John Salusbury

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

The death of Queen Elizabeth

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

Andrew Marvell

John Keats

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

It has grey feathers

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

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

Invite

Interrupt

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
Carnal

Passionate

Primordial

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

Allegory

Metaphor

Allusion
13 With whom is the "sole Arabian tree" associated?
Crow

Eagle

Phoenix

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

The chorus of birds

The Phoenix

The narrator
15 What happens to beauty and truth with the death of the two lovers?
They manifest in a new pair of lovers

They die

They rise from the ashes

They go dormant
16 What does the swan symbolize?
Honesty

Religion

Eternal life

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

On a funeral pyre

In a grave

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 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
Twixt

Between

Two

Trained
21 Who described "The Phoenix and the Turtle" as "the most perfect short poem"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Queen Elizabeth

John Salusbury

Ben Jonson
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
Wallace Stevens

Emily Dickinson

James Joyce

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

Related to the color black

Related to music

Related to things defective
24 What color is a surplice?
White

Blood-red

Black

Flame-colored
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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