Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1676

1655

1612

1680
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Oroonoko

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Four

Three

One

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic tetramenter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Zeus

Cupid

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?

Writer's block

Terminal illness

Grief

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

The beloved

The speaker herself

Venus

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Kings and queens

Victims of war

Plants

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

Tyrannic

Inimitable

Despotic

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

The sun

The beloved's eyes

Her own heart

A magic well
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?

The beloved alone

The rest of the world

Venus and Mars

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

Power

Triumph

Tyranny

Victory
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

Cruel

Longing
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?

The tyrant

The dart

The arrow

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

Pamphlets

Novels

Drama

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

Restoration

Elizabethan

Carolinian

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

Love Armed

Macbeth

Oronooko

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

Petrarchan

Modernist

Elegiac

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

Hermes

Eros
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A heart

A cruel tyrant

A child

A military leader

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