Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1676

1680

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

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Three

Four

Two

One
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Mars

Zeus

Cupid

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

Kind

Indifferent

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

Grief

Writer's block

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Venus

Cupid

The beloved

The speaker herself
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Victims of war

Plants

Kings and queens

Wounded lovers
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Inimitable

Relentless

Despotic

Tyrannic
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
The sun

A magic well

The beloved's eyes

Her own heart
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sighs and tears

Female speakers

Iambic tetrameter

Sixteen-line poems
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
The rest of the world

Her and her beloved

The beloved alone

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

Triumph

Power

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Venus and Mars

Orpheus and Eurydice

Aphrodite and Hermes

Athena and Zeus
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Amorous

Silly

Longing

Cruel
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The victor

The arrow

The tyrant

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

Political tracts

Novels

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

Elizabethan

Restoration

Carolinian
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Macbeth

Love Armed

Abdelazer

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

Free verse

Elegiac

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

Pensive

Surprised

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Hermes

Eros

Mars

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A heart

A child

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

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