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1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Romantic Period

Modern Period

Restoration Period

Medieval Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?
English Civil Wars

The Dutch Wars

World War I

World War II
3 "On Her Loving Two Equally" plays with which poetic genre?
Love Poetry

Pastoral Lyric

Epic

Romantic Lyric
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?
The Pre-Raphaelites

The Whigs

The Transcendentalists

The Cavaliers
5 Aphra Behn was associated with which political party?
Conservative

Liberal

Whig

Tory
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Royalists

Abolitionists

Tory

Whig
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Whig

Liberal

Tory

Conservative
8 Who was the first British monarch to be executed by the people?
Queen Elizabeth I

James II

James I

Charles I
9 Who was the military leader during the period known as the Interregnum?
James III

Charles II

Oliver Cromwell

James I
10 Which aristocrat did the Tories oppose ascending to the throne?
James I

James II

Oliver Cromwell

Charles I
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?
1681

1684

1450

1800
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"
Song 1

"A Lover Split"

"Cupid's Arrow"

"How strongly does my passion flow"
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"
Oroonoko

Leaves of Grass

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love

The False Count
14 In what play did "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally appear?
The Rover

The False Count

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love

Oroonoko
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?
Iambic tetrameter

iambic pentameter

dactylic hexameter

free verse
16 "Fever in the blood" is an occurrence of which literary device?
Metonymy

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.
Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

iambic hexameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.
4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

5 feet; only unstressed syllables
19 Iambic tetrameter has __________.
5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.
Water

Fire

Love

Wind
21 The poem's antagonist can best be identified as ______
Love

The speaker

Cupid

Damon
22 A golden dart is shot at a _______ lover.
Bad

Godly

False

True
23 A lead dart is shot at a _______ lover.
False

True

Male

Good
24 One interpretation of the poem could be that it is about _________.
Feminine desire

Religious strife

Political allegiance

Masculine desire
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.
"On Her Loving Two Equally"

"The Rover"

Oroonoko

The False Count

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