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1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Restoration Period

Romantic Period

Modern Period

Medieval Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?
World War II

World War I

English Civil Wars

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

Epic

Love Poetry

Romantic Lyric
4 Which poetic ideology was Aphra Behn most associated with?
The Pre-Raphaelites

The Whigs

The Transcendentalists

The Cavaliers
5 Aphra Behn was associated with which political party?
Tory

Liberal

Whig

Conservative
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Royalists

Tory

Whig

Abolitionists
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Liberal

Tory

Conservative

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

Queen Elizabeth I

Charles I

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

Oliver Cromwell

James III

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

James I

Oliver Cromwell

James II
11 In what year was "On Her Loving Two Equally" originally published?
1800

1684

1450

1681
12 What was the original title of "On Her Loving Two Equally?"
Song 1

"A Lover Split"

"Cupid's Arrow"

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

Oroonoko

Leaves of Grass

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

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

The False Count

The Rover
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?
Iambic tetrameter

free verse

iambic pentameter

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

Simile

Metonymy

Alliteration
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.
Dactylic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

iambic hexameter
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 __________.
5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

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

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

Water

Wind

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

Damon

Cupid

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

False

Bad

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

False

Good

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

Masculine desire

Political allegiance

Feminine desire
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.
The False Count

"The Rover"

Oroonoko

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