Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1655

1676

1612

1680
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Hamlet

Oroonoko

Abdelazer

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

Three

Two

Four

One
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Venus

Mars

Cupid

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

Patient

Indifferent

Cruel

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

Grief

Unrequited love

Terminal illness

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

The speaker herself

The beloved

Cupid

Venus
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Plants

Victims of war

Kings and queens

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?

Her own heart

The sun

The beloved's eyes

A magic well
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?

Sighs and tears

Female speakers

Sixteen-line poems

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

Her and her beloved

Venus and Mars

The beloved alone

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

Triumph

Power

Victory

Tyranny
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Aphrodite and Hermes

Orpheus and Eurydice

Athena and Zeus

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

Cruel

Silly

Amorous

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

The dart

The arrow

The tyrant

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

Novels

Pamphlets

Political tracts

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

Elizabethan

Jacobean

Carolinian

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

Oronooko

Abdelazer

Love Armed

Macbeth
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?

Hopeful

Surprised

Resigned

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Apollo

Eros

Hermes

Mars
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A military leader

A heart

A child

A cruel tyrant

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