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"
Sonnet

Anthem

Nondramatic poem

Play
3 The poem is based on an extended ______
Rant

Metaphor

Allegory

Allusion
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?
Truth and beauty

The ideal love

Chastity

All of the above
6 What was the occasion for the writing of the poem?
The death of John Donne

The death of Queen Elizabeth

The end of Shakespeare's love affair

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 killed the turtle-dove

No birds of prey whatsoever are allowed

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

Invite

Ban

Dictate
10 To which theological concept does the poem allude?
The Trinity

Transubstantiation

Resurrection

Sin
11 The love between the Phoenix and the Turtle is described as
Carnal

Chaste

Passionate

Primordial
12 Birds being able to marry and speak in the poem is an example of
Metaphor

Personification

Allusion

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

Crow

Turtle

Eagle
14 Who is the speaker in the last section of the poem?
The chorus of birds

Reason

The Phoenix

The narrator
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?
Honesty

Religion

Guilt

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

At the foot of the Arabian tree

On a funeral pyre

In an urn
18 Which of the following is NOT used to describe the activities in the poem?
Anthem

Threnos

Obsequy

Funeral
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
Twixt

Two

Between

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

John Salusbury

Ben Jonson

Queen Elizabeth
22 Which of the following writers has written works inspired by "The Phoenix and the Turtle"?
James Joyce

Emily Dickinson

Wallace Stevens

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

Related to the color black

Related to things defective

Related to music
24 What color is a surplice?
Flame-colored

Black

White

Blood-red
25 In the poem, the two lovers
Fuse but remain separate

Sacrifice themselves for future generations

Become one person

Die in isolation

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