Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1680

1612

1655

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Abdelazer

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

One

Two

Four

Three
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Trochaic tetrameter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

Iambic tetramenter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Cupid

Venus

Zeus

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

Indifferent

Cruel

Patient

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

Writer's block

Grief

Terminal illness

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

The speaker herself

Cupid

The beloved

Venus
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Victims of war

Plants

Wounded lovers

Kings and queens
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?

Relentless

Tyrannic

Despotic

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

Her own heart

A magic well

The sun

The beloved's eyes
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?

Female speakers

Iambic tetrameter

Sixteen-line poems

Sighs and tears
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?

Venus and Mars

Her and her beloved

The rest of the world

The beloved alone
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).

Victory

Tyranny

Power

Triumph
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Orpheus and Eurydice

Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars

Athena and Zeus
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).

Amorous

Cruel

Silly

Longing
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?

The arrow

The tyrant

The victor

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

Political tracts

Drama

Novels

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

Restoration

Carolinian

Elizabethan

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

Love Armed

Oronooko

Abdelazer

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

Petrarchan

Modernist

Free verse

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

Surprised

Resigned

Pensive

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Hermes

Mars

Eros

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A cruel tyrant

A child

A military leader

A heart

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