Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

Song ("On Her Loving Two Equally") Quiz

1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?

Romantic Period

Restoration Period

Modern Period

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

World War I

English Civil Wars

The Dutch Wars

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

Pastoral Lyric

Romantic Lyric

Epic

Love Poetry
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?

The Cavaliers

The Whigs

The Pre-Raphaelites

The Transcendentalists
5 Aphra Behn was associated with which political party?

Tory

Liberal

Whig

Conservative
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?

Royalists

Tory

Abolitionists

Whig
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?

Tory

Whig

Liberal

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

Queen Elizabeth I

James I

Charles I

James II
9 Who was the military leader during the period known as the Interregnum?

James I

Oliver Cromwell

James III

Charles II
10 Which aristocrat did the Tories oppose ascending to the throne?

James I

James II

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell
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

"How strongly does my passion flow"

"A Lover Split"

"Cupid's Arrow"
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"

Oroonoko

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

The False Count

Leaves of Grass
14 In what play did "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally appear?

The False Count

Oroonoko

The Rover

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?

dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

free verse

iambic pentameter
16 "Fever in the blood" is an occurrence of which literary device?

Metaphor

Simile

Alliteration

Metonymy
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.

iambic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

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

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable
19 Iambic tetrameter has __________.

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

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

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

Wind

Water

Fire

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

The speaker

Love

Cupid

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

Godly

True

False

Bad
23 A lead dart is shot at a _______ lover.

Good

False

True

Male
24 One interpretation of the poem could be that it is about _________.

Masculine desire

Political allegiance

Religious strife

Feminine desire
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.

"The Rover"

Oroonoko

The False Count

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