Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1680

1655

1612

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

Oroonoko

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Two

Three

Four
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

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

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter

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

Zeus

Cupid

Mars
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Patient

Cruel

Kind

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

Terminal illness

Unrequited love

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker herself

The beloved

Venus

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Kings and queens

Wounded lovers

Plants

Victims of war
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?
Her own heart

The sun

The beloved's eyes

A magic well
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears

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

The beloved alone

The rest of the world

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

Tyranny

Triumph

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars

Aphrodite and Hermes

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 victor

The dart

The arrow

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

Political tracts

Drama

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

Carolinian

Jacobean

Restoration
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Oronooko

Macbeth

Abdelazer

Love Armed
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?
Resigned

Hopeful

Surprised

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Eros

Apollo

Mars

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A heart

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

A child

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