Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1680

1612

1676

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

Oroonoko

The Duchess of Malfi

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Two

Four

One

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

Cupid

Zeus

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

Kind

Patient

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

Unrequited love

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?
Despotic

Inimitable

Tyrannic

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

The beloved's eyes

The sun

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

Sixteen-line poems

Female speakers

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

The rest of the world

The beloved alone

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

Triumph

Tyranny

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars

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

Longing

Silly

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

The victor

The dart

The arrow
19 What other genre of writing is Aphra Behn known for?
Political tracts

Drama

Pamphlets

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

Jacobean

Elizabethan

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

Oronooko

Love Armed

Macbeth
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?
Pensive

Resigned

Hopeful

Surprised
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Apollo

Eros

Hermes

Mars
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A cruel tyrant

A child

A military leader

A heart

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