Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

Song ("On Her Loving Two Equally") Quiz

1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?

Medieval Period

Modern Period

Restoration Period

Romantic Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?

English Civil Wars

World War I

World War II

The Dutch Wars
3 "On Her Loving Two Equally" plays with which poetic genre?

Epic

Love Poetry

Pastoral Lyric

Romantic Lyric
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?

The Pre-Raphaelites

The Whigs

The Cavaliers

The Transcendentalists
5 Aphra Behn was associated with which political party?

Conservative

Whig

Liberal

Tory
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?

Whig

Tory

Abolitionists

Royalists
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?

Conservative

Tory

Liberal

Whig
8 Who was the first British monarch to be executed by the people?

James I

James II

Queen Elizabeth I

Charles I
9 Who was the military leader during the period known as the Interregnum?

Charles II

James III

Oliver Cromwell

James I
10 Which aristocrat did the Tories oppose ascending to the throne?

James I

James II

Oliver Cromwell

Charles I
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?

1800

1450

1681

1684
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"

"A Lover Split"

"How strongly does my passion flow"

Song 1

"Cupid's Arrow"
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"

Oroonoko

Leaves of Grass

The False Count

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love
14 In what play did "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally appear?

The Rover

The False Count

Oroonoko

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?

free verse

Iambic tetrameter

iambic pentameter

dactylic hexameter
16 "Fever in the blood" is an occurrence of which literary device?

Metaphor

Alliteration

Simile

Metonymy
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic pentameter

iambic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.

5 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; only unstressed syllables
19 Iambic tetrameter has __________.

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.

Water

Love

Fire

Wind
21 The poem's antagonist can best be identified as ______

Damon

The speaker

Love

Cupid
22 A golden dart is shot at a _______ lover.

True

Bad

False

Godly
23 A lead dart is shot at a _______ lover.

False

Good

Male

True
24 One interpretation of the poem could be that it is about _________.

Feminine desire

Political allegiance

Masculine desire

Religious strife
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.

"The Rover"

Oroonoko

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

The False Count

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