Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1680

1676

1655

1612
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Hamlet

Abdelazer

Oroonoko

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

One

Three

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetramenter

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

Mars

Venus

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

Patient

Cruel

Kind
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Unrequited love

Writer's block

Terminal illness

Grief
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker herself

Venus

Cupid

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Plants

Wounded lovers

Kings and queens

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

Inimitable

Tyrannic

Despotic
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
The beloved's eyes

The sun

A magic well

Her own heart
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

Venus and Mars

Her and her beloved

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

Triumph

Tyranny

Power
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

Silly

Longing

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

The tyrant

The arrow

The victor
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

Oronooko

Love Armed

Abdelazer
22 "Love Armed" is an example of what kind of poetry?
Free verse

Modernist

Petrarchan

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

Pensive

Hopeful

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Eros

Apollo

Hermes

Mars
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A heart

A child

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

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