Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1676

1680

1655

1612
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Oroonoko

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Four

One

Three

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetramenter

Trochaic tetrameter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Venus

Mars

Cupid

Zeus
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?

Indifferent

Patient

Kind

Cruel
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?

Unrequited love

Writer's block

Grief

Terminal illness
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

Venus

Cupid

The speaker herself

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Victims of war

Plants

Wounded lovers

Kings and queens
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?

Inimitable

Relentless

Tyrannic

Despotic
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?

Sighs and tears

Iambic tetrameter

Sixteen-line poems

Female speakers
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?

The rest of the world

The beloved alone

Her and her beloved

Venus and Mars
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).

Triumph

Power

Victory

Tyranny
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Orpheus and Eurydice

Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).

Amorous

Cruel

Longing

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

The victor

The dart

The tyrant

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

Novels

Drama

Pamphlets

Political tracts
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?

Restoration

Elizabethan

Carolinian

Jacobean
21 What is Behn's best-known work?

Abdelazer

Love Armed

Oronooko

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

Modernist

Petrarchan

Free verse

Elegiac
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?

Resigned

Hopeful

Surprised

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Mars

Eros

Hermes

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A child

A heart

A cruel tyrant

A military leader

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