Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1655

1676

1680

1612
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Hamlet

Abdelazer

The Duchess of Malfi

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Three

One

Four

Two
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABABABABABABAB

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

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

Cupid

Zeus

Mars
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Kind

Indifferent

Cruel

Patient
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Grief

Terminal illness

Unrequited love

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
Cupid

The speaker herself

Venus

The beloved
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Kings and queens

Plants

Wounded lovers

Victims of war
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Inimitable

Relentless

Despotic

Tyrannic
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

Iambic tetrameter

Sighs and tears

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

Venus and Mars

The rest of the world

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

Power

Victory

Triumph
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Athena and Zeus

Orpheus and Eurydice

Aphrodite and Hermes

Venus and Mars
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Longing

Amorous

Cruel

Silly
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The tyrant

The dart

The arrow

The victor
19 What other genre of writing is Aphra Behn known for?
Novels

Political tracts

Pamphlets

Drama
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Restoration

Jacobean

Carolinian

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

Macbeth

Abdelazer

Love Armed
22 "Love Armed" is an example of what kind of poetry?
Modernist

Petrarchan

Free verse

Elegiac
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Surprised

Resigned

Pensive

Hopeful
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Eros

Mars

Apollo

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

A military leader

A child

A heart

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