Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

Song ("On Her Loving Two Equally") Quiz

1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?

Restoration Period

Modern Period

Medieval Period

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

The Dutch Wars

World War II

World War I

English Civil Wars
3 "On Her Loving Two Equally" plays with which poetic genre?

Love Poetry

Epic

Pastoral Lyric

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

The Cavaliers

The Transcendentalists

The Pre-Raphaelites

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

Conservative

Tory

Liberal

Whig
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?

Tory

Abolitionists

Whig

Royalists
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?

Whig

Tory

Conservative

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

Queen Elizabeth I

James I

James II

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

James III

Charles II

Oliver Cromwell

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

James I

Oliver Cromwell

Charles I

James II
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?

1681

1800

1450

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

"Cupid's Arrow"

Song 1

"A Lover Split"

"How strongly does my passion flow"
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"

The False Count

Oroonoko

Poems upon Several Occasions, with A Voyage to the Island of Love

Leaves of Grass
14 In what play did "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally appear?

The False Count

The Rover

Oroonoko

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

dactylic hexameter

iambic pentameter

free verse

Iambic tetrameter
16 "Fever in the blood" is an occurrence of which literary device?

Metaphor

Metonymy

Alliteration

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

Iambic pentameter

iambic hexameter

Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.

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

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable
19 Iambic tetrameter has __________.

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

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot has one stressed and one unstressed syllable
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.

Love

Water

Fire

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

The speaker

Cupid

Love

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

False

Godly

Bad

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

True

Male

False

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

Feminine desire

Religious strife

Masculine desire

Political allegiance
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

The False Count

"The Rover"

Oroonoko

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