Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?

1655

1612

1680

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko

Abdelazer
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?

One

Three

Four

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB
5 What is the meter of the poem?

Iambic tetramenter

Trochaic tetrameter

Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?

Venus

Cupid

Zeus

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

Patient

Cruel

Indifferent

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

Grief

Writer's block

Terminal illness

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?

Cupid

The speaker herself

Venus

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?

Plants

Wounded lovers

Victims of war

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

Despotic

Relentless

Inimitable

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

The beloved's eyes

The sun

A magic well

Her own heart
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?

Sighs and tears

Female speakers

Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?

The rest of the world

Venus and Mars

Her and her beloved

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

Tyranny

Victory

Power

Triumph
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?

Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes

Orpheus and Eurydice

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

Amorous

Cruel

Longing

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

The victor

The tyrant

The arrow

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

Drama

Political tracts

Pamphlets

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

Carolinian

Restoration

Elizabethan

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

Love Armed

Macbeth

Abdelazer

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

Petrarchan

Elegiac

Modernist

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

Resigned

Hopeful

Pensive

Surprised
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?

Apollo

Hermes

Mars

Eros
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?

A child

A cruel tyrant

A military leader

A heart

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