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?
Abdelazer

Hamlet

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Two

Three

Four

One
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
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

Zeus

Mars

Cupid
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?
Terminal illness

Grief

Writer's block

Unrequited love
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Venus

Cupid

The speaker herself

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Wounded lovers

Victims of war

Kings and queens

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

Relentless

Tyrannic

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

The sun

The beloved's eyes

A magic well
13 Which of these is a convention of Petrarchan poetry?
Female speakers

Sighs and tears

Iambic tetrameter

Sixteen-line poems
14 Who, according to the speaker, is responsible for this monstrous version of Cupid?
The rest of the world

The beloved alone

Venus and Mars

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

Power

Victory

Triumph
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Venus and Mars

Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

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

Silly

Amorous

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

The tyrant

The dart

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

Novels

Drama

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

Restoration

Carolinian

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

Abdelazer

Love Armed

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

Elegiac

Petrarchan

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

Surprised

Pensive

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Hermes

Mars

Apollo

Eros
25 Cupid is traditionally portrayed as what?
A cruel tyrant

A heart

A child

A military leader

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