Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1680

1676

1612

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

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Two

Three

One

Four
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

Cupid

Venus

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

Kind

Cruel

Indifferent
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?
The speaker herself

Cupid

The beloved

Venus
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Victims of war

Kings and queens

Wounded lovers

Plants
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Relentless

Inimitable

Tyrannic

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

The sun

A magic well

The beloved's eyes
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears

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

Venus and Mars

The beloved alone

Her and her beloved
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Tyranny

Victory

Triumph

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars

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

Amorous

Longing

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

The arrow

The victor

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

Drama

Political tracts

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

Restoration

Jacobean

Carolinian
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Oronooko

Macbeth

Love Armed

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

Modernist

Petrarchan

Free verse
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Surprised

Hopeful

Pensive

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Hermes

Eros

Mars

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A child

A heart

A cruel tyrant

A military leader

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