Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1680

1655

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Oroonoko

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Three

Four

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABABABABABABABAB
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Iambic tetramenter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Anapestic dimeter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Venus

Mars

Cupid

Zeus
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Kind

Patient

Cruel

Indifferent
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Terminal illness

Grief

Unrequited love

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The beloved

The speaker herself

Venus

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Wounded lovers

Kings and queens

Victims of war

Plants
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Inimitable

Despotic

Tyrannic

Relentless
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
A magic well

Her own heart

The beloved's eyes

The sun
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Female speakers

Iambic tetrameter

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

Venus and Mars

The rest of the world

Her and her beloved
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Tyranny

Triumph

Victory

Power
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars

Orpheus and Eurydice

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

Longing

Cruel

Silly
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The dart

The arrow

The victor

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

Drama

Novels

Political tracts
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Jacobean

Elizabethan

Restoration

Carolinian
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Macbeth

Love Armed

Abdelazer

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

Petrarchan

Elegiac

Free verse
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Surprised

Pensive

Hopeful

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Eros

Hermes

Mars

Apollo
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A military leader

A heart

A child

A cruel tyrant

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