Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1680

1676

1655
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Hamlet

Abdelazer

Oroonoko

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

One

Two

Four
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

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

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

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

Cupid

Zeus

Mars
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Kind

Patient

Indifferent

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

Terminal illness

Writer's block

Grief
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The beloved

Venus

Cupid

The speaker herself
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Plants

Victims of war

Wounded lovers

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

Relentless

Despotic

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

The beloved's eyes

A magic well

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

Iambic tetrameter

Sixteen-line poems

Female speakers
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
Her and her beloved

The rest of the world

Venus and Mars

The beloved alone
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Triumph

Tyranny

Power

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Orpheus and Eurydice

Athena and Zeus

Venus and Mars

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

Silly

Cruel

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

The tyrant

The arrow

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

Drama

Pamphlets

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

Jacobean

Elizabethan

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

Oronooko

Abdelazer

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

Free verse

Petrarchan

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

Surprised

Resigned

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Apollo

Eros

Mars

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A child

A military leader

A heart

A cruel tyrant

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