Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1612

1655

1680

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

Abdelazer

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Two

Three

One

Four
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG

ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

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

Iambic pentameter

Trochaic tetrameter

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

Cupid

Zeus

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

Indifferent

Cruel

Patient
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Unrequited love

Writer's block

Grief

Terminal illness
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker herself

The beloved

Cupid

Venus
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Victims of war

Plants

Kings and queens

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

Despotic

Inimitable

Relentless
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
Her own heart

A magic well

The beloved's eyes

The sun
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?
Her and her beloved

Venus and Mars

The rest of the world

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

Triumph

Power

Tyranny
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).
Longing

Cruel

Silly

Amorous
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

Novels

Pamphlets

Drama
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Carolinian

Restoration

Jacobean

Elizabethan
21 What is Behn's best-known work?
Love Armed

Abdelazer

Macbeth

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

Petrarchan

Elegiac

Modernist
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Pensive

Resigned

Hopeful

Surprised
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Apollo

Mars

Eros

Hermes
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A heart

A cruel tyrant

A child

A military leader

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