Ring Out Your Bells Quizzes

Ring Out Your Bells Quiz

1 Why does the speaker ask his readers to "ring our their bells?"
to celebrate a wedding

to mourn the death of love

to celebrate easter

to announce the arrival of the King
2 What has the mistress's lover scorned?
his job

his pride and innocence

his family

his faith and worth
3 Why does the speaker state that "Love is dead?"
the prevelance of cheating

his mistress has left him

he's getting divorced

the high divorce rate
4 Who is the "them" that "use men thus?"
lawyers

their enemies

women

their employers
5 Why does the speaker ask his neighbors to weep?
because he is sick

because they are at war

because his mother has died

because love is dead
6 What figure does the speaker use to illustrate the death of love?
metonymy

personification

similie

allegory
7 Who executes Love's will?
an attorney

his sister

blame

shame
8 Whose assistance does the speaker beg for?
his mother's

his mistress's

God's

the audience's
9 What is a dirge?
a tragic play

a song of celebration

a mournful song

a poem about a war
10 What is the name on Love's tomb?
Sir Philip Sidney

Love

Sir Wrong

Sir Right
11 What does the speaker mean when he says his mistress has a "marble heart?"
She is dead (just as is love)

She has transformed into stone

She is a doll

She is cold-hearted
12 Where is Love buried?
Nottingham cemetery

the speaker's heart

he is cremated

the speaker's mistress' heart
13 What is the epitaph on Love's tomb?
"Love is Dead"

"Her eyes were once his dart."

"Sir Wrong"

"For So Ungrateful Fancy"
14 When does the speaker reveal that love is actually alive?
Stanza 4

Stanza 3

Stanza 1

Stanza 2
15 Why has the speaker lied about Love's death?
he meant to trick his mistress

someone else told him so

rage

he was confused
16 Where does Love sleep?
in the mistress' heart

in the speaker

in his winding-sheet

in his bed
17 Whose council does the mistress keep?
the speaker's

God's

Love's

only her own
18 When will Love wake up?
never

after the speaker cheers up

in the morning

when the mistress finds what she deserves
19 What does "due desert" mean in the context of this poem?
just deserts

the desert of the speaker's heart

time for dessert

an arid desert
20 What does the speaker ask for deliverance from in the final stanza?
love itself

sleep

his mistress

insanity

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