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Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1676

1655

1680

1612
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Hamlet

Oroonoko

Abdelazer

The Duchess of Malfi
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Two

Three

Four

One
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetramenter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Mars

Venus

Cupid

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

Patient

Kind

Cruel

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

Unrequited love

Grief

Writer's block

Terminal illness
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

Venus

The speaker herself

Cupid

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Wounded lovers

Plants

Victims of war

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?

The sun

The beloved's eyes

A magic well

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

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears

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

Venus and Mars

Her and her beloved
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).

Triumph

Tyranny

Victory

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars

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

Longing

Cruel

Silly

Amorous
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?

Drama

Novels

Pamphlets

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

Jacobean

Elizabethan

Carolinian

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?

Petrarchan

Modernist

Free verse

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

Surprised

Hopeful

Pensive

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Hermes

Mars

Eros

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

A heart

A child

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