Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

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1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Medieval Period

Romantic Period

Restoration Period

Modern Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?
The Dutch Wars

World War I

English Civil Wars

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

Epic

Love Poetry

Pastoral Lyric
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?
The Whigs

The Pre-Raphaelites

The Transcendentalists

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

Liberal

Conservative

Whig
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Abolitionists

Royalists

Tory

Whig
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Liberal

Tory

Conservative

Whig
8 Who was the first British monarch to be executed by the people?
James II

Charles I

James I

Queen Elizabeth I
9 Who was the military leader during the period known as the Interregnum?
Charles II

James III

James I

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

Charles I

Oliver Cromwell

James II
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?
1450

1800

1684

1681
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"
Song 1

"How strongly does my passion flow"

"Cupid's Arrow"

"A Lover Split"
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"
Leaves of Grass

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

The False Count

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

The Rover

Oroonoko

The False Count
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?
free verse

iambic pentameter

dactylic hexameter

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

Alliteration

Simile

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

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter

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

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

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

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

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

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

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

Wind

Fire

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

Damon

The speaker

Love
22 A golden dart is shot at a _______ lover.
True

Godly

False

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

Male

False

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

Political allegiance

Masculine desire

Religious strife
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.
Oroonoko

"The Rover"

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

The False Count

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