Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

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1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Medieval Period

Restoration Period

Modern Period

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

English Civil Wars

World War I

World War II
3 "On Her Loving Two Equally" plays with which poetic genre?
Pastoral Lyric

Epic

Romantic Lyric

Love Poetry
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?
The Transcendentalists

The Whigs

The Cavaliers

The Pre-Raphaelites
5 Aphra Behn was associated with which political party?
Conservative

Tory

Liberal

Whig
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Abolitionists

Whig

Royalists

Tory
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Tory

Liberal

Whig

Conservative
8 Who was the first British monarch to be executed by the people?
Queen Elizabeth I

James II

Charles I

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

Oliver Cromwell

James III

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

James II

James I

Oliver Cromwell
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?
1450

1681

1684

1800
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"
"Cupid's Arrow"

"A Lover Split"

"How strongly does my passion flow"

Song 1
13 In what volume of poetry was "On Her Loving Two Equally Published?"
Leaves of Grass

Oroonoko

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

The Rover

Oroonoko

The False Count
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?
Metonymy

Alliteration

Simile

Metaphor
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.
Iambic tetrameter

Dactylic hexameter

iambic hexameter

Iambic pentameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.
5 feet; only unstressed syllables

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

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

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

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
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.
Wind

Water

Love

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

Love

Cupid

The speaker
22 A golden dart is shot at a _______ lover.
Bad

True

Godly

False
23 A lead dart is shot at a _______ lover.
Good

False

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 __________.
Oroonoko

The False Count

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

"The Rover"

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