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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?

The Duchess of Malfi

Abdelazer

Hamlet

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

One

Four

Three

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetramenter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Zeus

Venus

Cupid

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

Patient

Kind

Indifferent

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

Terminal illness

Grief

Unrequited love

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

The speaker herself

Cupid

Venus

The beloved
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?

Inimitable

Tyrannic

Relentless

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

A magic well

The beloved's eyes

The sun

Her own heart
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

The beloved alone

Venus and Mars

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

Victory

Triumph

Power

Tyranny
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Aphrodite and Hermes

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 victor

The dart

The arrow

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

Novels

Political tracts

Drama

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

Elizabethan

Carolinian

Jacobean

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

Love Armed

Macbeth

Abdelazer

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

Modernist

Petrarchan

Free verse

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

Surprised

Hopeful

Resigned

Pensive
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Hermes

Apollo

Mars

Eros
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A heart

A military leader

A cruel tyrant

A child

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