Song (“Love Armed”) Quizzes

Song ("Love Armed") Quiz 1

1 What year was the poem published?
1680

1655

1612

1676
2 In which play did the poem originally appear?
Abdelazer

The Duchess of Malfi

Hamlet

Oroonoko
3 How many stanzas are in the poem?
Three

Four

Two

One
4 What is the rhyme scheme?
ABBACDDCEFFEGHHG

ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH

ABABABABABABABAB

ABBACDDCEFEFGG
5 What is the meter of the poem?
Anapestic dimeter

Trochaic tetrameter

Iambic tetramenter

Iambic pentameter
6 Which god is described in the poem?
Venus

Mars

Zeus

Cupid
7 Which best describes the description of love in the poem?
Patient

Indifferent

Kind

Cruel
8 From what affliction does the speaker of the poem suffer?
Terminal illness

Grief

Unrequited love

Writer's block
9 To whom is the poem addressed?
The speaker herself

The beloved

Venus

Cupid
10 What do the bleeding hearts symbolize?
Wounded lovers

Plants

Victims of war

Kings and queens
11 The speaker describes Cupid as possessing what kind of power?
Tyrannic

Despotic

Relentless

Inimitable
12 From where, according to the speaker, did Cupid acquire the fire for his arrows?
The beloved's eyes

A magic well

The sun

Her own heart
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

Her and her beloved

The rest of the world
15 Complete the line: "Love in Fantastic _____ sat" (1).
Power

Triumph

Tyranny

Victory
16 Who are the parents of Cupid?
Orpheus and Eurydice

Venus and Mars

Athena and Zeus

Aphrodite and Hermes
17 Complete the line: "Enough to undo the ____ World" (8).
Amorous

Cruel

Silly

Longing
18 How does the speaker describer her beloved's heart?
The arrow

The tyrant

The victor

The dart
19 What other genre of writing is Aphra Behn known for?
Political tracts

Drama

Pamphlets

Novels
20 With what era of English poetry is Behn associated?
Jacobean

Carolinian

Restoration

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

Love Armed

Oronooko

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

Free verse

Elegiac

Modernist
23 Which of these best describes the tone of the poem?
Resigned

Pensive

Hopeful

Surprised
24 What is Cupid's Greek counterpart?
Hermes

Eros

Mars

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

A child

A heart

A military leader

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