Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1676

1655

1680
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Hamlet

Oroonoko

Abdelazer

The Duchess of Malfi
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
One

Three

Four

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABABABABABABAB

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Anapestic dimeter

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Mars

Venus

Zeus

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

Cruel

Patient

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

Unrequited love

Grief

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

Venus

The beloved

The speaker herself
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Victims of war

Kings and queens

Plants

Wounded lovers
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Relentless

Inimitable

Tyrannic

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

Her own heart

A magic well

The beloved's eyes
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Sixteen-line poems

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears

Female speakers
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
Venus and Mars

The beloved alone

The rest of the world

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

Triumph

Tyranny

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars

Aphrodite and Hermes
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Silly

Cruel

Longing

Amorous
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The victor

The dart

The arrow

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

Pamphlets

Political tracts

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

Elizabethan

Jacobean

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?
Elegiac

Petrarchan

Modernist

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

Hopeful

Pensive

Resigned
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Apollo

Hermes

Mars

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

A cruel tyrant

A child

A heart

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