Song (“On Her Loving Two Equally”) Quizzes

Song ("On Her Loving Two Equally") Quiz

1 During what period did Aphra Behn write?
Romantic Period

Medieval Period

Restoration Period

Modern Period
2 Aphra Behn was a British spy during which war?
English Civil Wars

World War II

World War I

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

Pastoral Lyric

Epic

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

The Transcendentalists

The Pre-Raphaelites

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

Tory

Liberal

Whig
6 Presbyterians were aligned with which political party?
Abolitionists

Tory

Royalists

Whig
7 Catholics were aligned with which political party?
Whig

Conservative

Tory

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

Charles I

James II

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

Charles II

Oliver Cromwell

James III
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?"
"A Lover Split"

"Cupid's Arrow"

Song 1

"How strongly does my passion flow"
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 False Count

The Rover

Oroonoko
15 In what meter is most of the poem composed?
iambic pentameter

Iambic tetrameter

free verse

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

Simile

Metonymy

Metaphor
17 The last line of each stanza is written in _________.
iambic hexameter

Iambic tetrameter

Iambic pentameter

Dactylic hexameter
18 Iambic pentameter has _______________.
4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

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

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 has one stressed and one unstressed syllable

5 feet; only unstressed syllables

4 feet; each foot is two stressed syllables
20 Eros is the Greek god of _______.
Love

Wind

Fire

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

Cupid

Damon

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

Godly

True

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

False

True

Male
24 One interpretation of the poem could be that it is about _________.
Political allegiance

Masculine desire

Religious strife

Feminine desire
25 Behn's most famous work is likely __________.
"The Rover"

The False Count

"On Her Loving Two Equally"

Oroonoko

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