Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1676

1680

1612

1655
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Oroonoko

The Duchess of Malfi

Abdelazer

Hamlet
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

Four

One

Two

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Anapestic dimeter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetramenter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Mars

Zeus

Venus

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

Indifferent

Kind

Cruel

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

Writer's block

Unrequited love

Terminal illness

Grief
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

Venus

Cupid

The beloved

The speaker herself
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Kings and queens

Plants

Victims of war

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 beloved's eyes

Her own heart

The sun
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?

Iambic tetrameter

Female speakers

Sixteen-line poems

Sighs and tears
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?

Her and her beloved

The beloved alone

The rest of the world

Venus and Mars
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).

Victory

Tyranny

Triumph

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).

Cruel

Silly

Longing

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

The arrow

The tyrant

The dart

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

Drama

Pamphlets

Political tracts

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

Elizabethan

Carolinian

Restoration

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

Love Armed

Oronooko

Macbeth

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

Petrarchan

Free verse

Modernist

Elegiac
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?

Pensive

Surprised

Hopeful

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Eros

Hermes

Mars

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A child

A cruel tyrant

A military leader

A heart

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