Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1655

1680

1612

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Oroonoko

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Four

Two

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABABABABABABAB

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

Iambic pentameter

Anapestic dimeter

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

Mars

Venus

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

Patient

Indifferent

Kind
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Unrequited love

Grief

Terminal illness

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Venus

The beloved

The speaker herself

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Plants

Kings and queens

Victims of war

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

Relentless

Inimitable

Tyrannic
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
The beloved's eyes

The sun

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

Venus and Mars

Her and her beloved

The rest of the world
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Power

Tyranny

Victory

Triumph
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Venus and Mars

Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes

Orpheus and Eurydice
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?
Novels

Drama

Political tracts

Pamphlets
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Carolinian

Jacobean

Restoration

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

Oronooko

Abdelazer

Macbeth
22 "Love Armed" is an example of what kind of poetry?
Free verse

Modernist

Elegiac

Petrarchan
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Pensive

Resigned

Surprised

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Mars

Eros

Apollo

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A heart

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

A child

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