Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

Song ("On Her Loving Two Equally") Quiz

1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Modern Period

Medieval Period

Restoration Period

Romantic Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?
World War II

The Dutch Wars

English Civil Wars

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

Romantic Lyric

Pastoral Lyric

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

The Transcendentalists

The Whigs

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

Liberal

Tory

Conservative
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Whig

Royalists

Abolitionists

Tory
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Whig

Tory

Liberal

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

James II

Charles I

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

Oliver Cromwell

Charles II

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

James I

James II

Oliver Cromwell
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?
1450

1800

1681

1684
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"
Song 1

"Cupid's Arrow"

"A Lover Split"

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

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

Oroonoko

Leaves of Grass
14 In what play did "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally appear?
Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love

Oroonoko

The False Count

The Rover
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?
iambic pentameter

dactylic hexameter

free verse

Iambic tetrameter
16 "Fever in the blood" is an occurrence of which literary device?
Metaphor

Alliteration

Simile

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

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter
18 Iambic pentameter 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
19 Iambic tetrameter 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
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.
Water

Wind

Fire

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

Damon

Cupid

The speaker
22 A golden dart is shot at a _______ lover.
Godly

True

Bad

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

Male

Good

True
24 One interpretation of the poem could be that it is about _________.
Religious strife

Feminine desire

Masculine desire

Political allegiance
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.
Oroonoko

"The Rover"

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

The False Count

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