Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1676

1680

1612

1655
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Oroonoko

The Duchess of Malfi

Abdelazer

Hamlet
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Two

Four

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic tetramenter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Anapestic dimeter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Mars

Venus

Zeus

Cupid
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Cruel

Kind

Patient

Indifferent
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Terminal illness

Unrequited love

Grief

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Venus

Cupid

The beloved

The speaker herself
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Wounded lovers

Victims of war

Kings and queens

Plants
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Relentless

Tyrannic

Despotic

Inimitable
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
A magic well

The sun

Her own heart

The beloved's eyes
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter

Female speakers

Sighs and tears
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
The rest of the world

Her and her beloved

Venus and Mars

The beloved alone
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Victory

Triumph

Tyranny

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Athena and Zeus

Venus and Mars

Aphrodite and Hermes

Orpheus and Eurydice
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Cruel

Longing

Amorous

Silly
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The tyrant

The victor

The dart

The arrow
19 What other genre of writing is Aphra Behn known for?
Novels

Drama

Political tracts

Pamphlets
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Jacobean

Carolinian

Elizabethan

Restoration
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Abdelazer

Macbeth

Love Armed

Oronooko
22 "Love Armed" is an example of what kind of poetry?
Modernist

Elegiac

Free verse

Petrarchan
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Hopeful

Resigned

Surprised

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Apollo

Hermes

Mars

Eros
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A cruel tyrant

A heart

A child

A military leader

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