Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1655

1612

1680

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

Oroonoko

Hamlet

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

Three

One

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

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

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter

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

Zeus

Venus

Mars
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?
Unrequited love

Grief

Terminal illness

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

Cupid

Venus

The speaker herself
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?
Tyrannic

Inimitable

Relentless

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

A magic well

The beloved's eyes

The sun
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Sighs and tears

Female speakers

Iambic tetrameter
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).
Victory

Triumph

Tyranny

Power
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

Silly

Longing

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

The arrow

The victor

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

Novels

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?
Abdelazer

Love Armed

Oronooko

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

Free verse

Petrarchan

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

Hopeful

Surprised

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Hermes

Eros

Mars

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

A heart

A child

A cruel tyrant

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