Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1680

1655

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

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Four

Two

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Cupid

Mars

Zeus

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

Cruel

Indifferent

Kind
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Terminal illness

Writer's block

Grief

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Venus

Cupid

The speaker herself

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Wounded lovers

Kings and queens

Plants

Victims of war
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Inimitable

Despotic

Relentless

Tyrannic
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
Her own heart

The beloved's eyes

The sun

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

Female speakers

Sighs and tears

Iambic tetrameter
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
The rest of the world

Her and her beloved

The beloved alone

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

Tyranny

Triumph

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Aphrodite and Hermes

Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Cruel

Longing

Amorous

Silly
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?
Novels

Pamphlets

Drama

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

Carolinian

Elizabethan

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

Elegiac

Free verse

Modernist
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Hopeful

Surprised

Pensive

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Eros

Mars

Apollo

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A military leader

A child

A cruel tyrant

A heart

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