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?

Oroonoko

Abdelazer

Hamlet

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

Three

Two

One

Four
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic tetramenter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Mars

Venus

Cupid

Zeus
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?

Kind

Indifferent

Cruel

Patient
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?

Terminal illness

Grief

Writer's block

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

The beloved

Venus

The speaker herself

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Wounded lovers

Victims of war

Plants

Kings and queens
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?

Despotic

Tyrannic

Inimitable

Relentless
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

Female speakers

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears
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).

Triumph

Power

Tyranny

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Athena and Zeus

Venus and Mars

Orpheus and Eurydice

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

Silly

Amorous

Longing

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

The victor

The tyrant

The arrow

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

Drama

Novels

Pamphlets

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

Jacobean

Carolinian

Restoration

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

Oronooko

Macbeth

Love Armed

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

Modernist

Petrarchan

Elegiac

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

Hopeful

Surprised

Resigned

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Mars

Hermes

Eros

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A heart

A child

A cruel tyrant

A military leader

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