Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1680

1655

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Abdelazer

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Two

Four

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB

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

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter

Trochaic tetrameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Cupid

Zeus

Mars

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

Kind

Patient

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

Terminal illness

Grief

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

Venus

The beloved

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

Kings and queens

Plants

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

Inimitable

Relentless

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

The sun

The beloved's eyes

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

Sighs and tears

Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter
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

Tyranny

Victory

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Aphrodite and Hermes

Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars

Athena and Zeus
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 dart

The victor

The arrow

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

Pamphlets

Drama

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

Carolinian

Restoration

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

Abdelazer

Macbeth

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

Elegiac

Modernist

Free verse
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Surprised

Hopeful

Resigned

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Mars

Apollo

Eros

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A child

A cruel tyrant

A heart

A military leader

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