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How Do I Love Thee? Famous Love Letters Quiz


I have to admit to being a bit of a romantic, so I almost swooned with delight recently while reading some famous love letters. Let's see how many of these writers, from poets to nuns to emperors, you can name!

A multiple-choice quiz by Belleiscute. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
Belleiscute
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
355,342
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
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403
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which "joyous" classical/romantic composer wrote: "My angel, my all, my own self. My heart is full of many things to say to you - ah! -- there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all -- cheer up -- remain my true, only treasure, my all as I am yours."?


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Question 2 of 10
2. A Spanish-speaking painter, whose life began and ended in the Blue House, sent the following: "Remember that once you finish the fresco we will be together forever, once and for all, without arguments or anything, only to love one another." Who was the amorous artist?

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Question 3 of 10
3. Which military, political and tactical genius, who literally seized his own crown, penned the following passionate missive: "I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil ... You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours.

Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire."?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Which French writer, of the Romantic era, wrote: "My dearest: When two souls, which have sought each other for, however long in the throng, have finally found each other ... a union, fiery and pure as they themselves are ... begins on earth and continues forever in heaven. This is the love which you inspire in me ... Your soul is made to love with the purity and passion of angels; but perhaps it can only love another angel, in which case I must tremble with apprehension."? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A prominent, diminutive poet stated: "And now listen to me in turn. You have touched me more profoundly than I thought even you could have touched me - my heart was full when you came here today. Henceforward I am yours for everything ...." Who was this Victorian?

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Question 6 of 10
6. Which portly statesman and World War II leader expressed his love in the following way: "Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?"

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Question 7 of 10
7. Which world-renowned dancer, who would later suffer a rather bizarre death, wrote: "Give my love to Dear Dear No. 11 and to that musty little dear Home No. 6 and for your dear self my heart is overflowing with just the most unoriginal old fashionest sort of love."?


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Question 8 of 10
8. A nun expressed her longing thus: "I have your picture in my room. I never pass by it without stopping to look at it; and yet when you were present with me, I scarcely ever cast my eyes upon it. If a picture, which is but a mute representation of an object can give such pleasure, what cannot letters inspire? They have souls, they can speak, they have in them all that force which expresses the transport of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions ...." Which religious figure sent this letter?

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Question 9 of 10
9. Which prolific, classical composer, whose work found favor with both emperors and the common people, wrote: "PS. While I was writing the last page, tear after tear fell on the paper. But I must cheer up -- catch! -- An astonishing number of kisses are flying about --- The deuce!-- I see a whole crowd of them! Ha! Ha!...I have just caught three-- They are delicious!-- Adieu--Dearest, most beloved little wife-- Take care of your health-- and don't think of walking into town. Do write and tell me how you like our new quarters-- Adieu. I kiss you millions of times."? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Which English explorer, known for his ability to enrich the crown, wrote these heartfelt words to his wife in 1603: "You shall now receive (my dear wife) my last words in these my last lines. My love I send you that you may keep it when I am dead, and my counsel that you may remember it when I am no more. ... First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words can rehearse for your many travails, and care taken for me, which though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less; but pay it I never shall in this world."?
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1. Which "joyous" classical/romantic composer wrote: "My angel, my all, my own self. My heart is full of many things to say to you - ah! -- there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all -- cheer up -- remain my true, only treasure, my all as I am yours."?

Answer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven penned this letter, dated July 6, 1806 to his "Immortal Beloved". Beethoven had a tumultuous and ultimately unhappy love life. Many of the women he fell in love with were of a higher class than him, and in 19th century Europe, crossing class boundaries was an almost insurmountable task. The identity of the recipient of the "Immortal Beloved" letters has baffled historians; the film of the same name with the redoubtable and undoubtedly talented Gary Oldman, offers one solution.
2. A Spanish-speaking painter, whose life began and ended in the Blue House, sent the following: "Remember that once you finish the fresco we will be together forever, once and for all, without arguments or anything, only to love one another." Who was the amorous artist?

Answer: Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo sent this to her husband, Diego Rivera. Kahlo and Rivera's love life was turbulent and fraught with infidelity (by both parties), jealousy, arguments, acrimonious break-ups and passionate reconciliations. They married one another twice, the first time in 1929 and the second, after divorcing one another, in 1940.
3. Which military, political and tactical genius, who literally seized his own crown, penned the following passionate missive: "I wake filled with thoughts of you. Your portrait and the intoxicating evening which we spent yesterday have left my senses in turmoil ... You are leaving at noon; I shall see you in three hours. Until then, mio dolce amor, a thousand kisses; but give me none in return, for they set my blood on fire."?

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte sent this to Josephine in December 1795. She was his first wife, who, by many accounts, married him for practical purposes (i.e., an income). Other historians feel she did love Napoleon, or at least came to love him, over time. Even though both had extramarital affairs, they remained married until it became apparent that Josephine could not bear the heir Napoleon so desperately wanted. Reluctantly, he divorced her, while remaining in love with her.

His last words, as he lay dying on the island of St.

Helena, were: "France, the army, head of the army, Josephine."
4. Which French writer, of the Romantic era, wrote: "My dearest: When two souls, which have sought each other for, however long in the throng, have finally found each other ... a union, fiery and pure as they themselves are ... begins on earth and continues forever in heaven. This is the love which you inspire in me ... Your soul is made to love with the purity and passion of angels; but perhaps it can only love another angel, in which case I must tremble with apprehension."?

Answer: Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo expressed these sentiments to Adele Foucher in 1821. Hugo and Adele married, against the wishes of Victor's mother, only after his mother had died. On the surface, it seemed a happy and secure union, producing five children, yet Hugo's biography revealed numerous infidelities. One of the strangest of these liaisons, was with the object of his own son's infatuation: to discourage the woman's interest in his son, Hugo so beguiled her with billets doux, and the two eventually became lovers. Hugo, as the excerpt from the love letter attests, was extremely passionate and found sex "a form of contemplation".
5. A prominent, diminutive poet stated: "And now listen to me in turn. You have touched me more profoundly than I thought even you could have touched me - my heart was full when you came here today. Henceforward I am yours for everything ...." Who was this Victorian?

Answer: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote these words to her husband, Robert Browning. The courtship and eventual marriage of this dynamic literary duo was conducted in a clandestine and secretive manner, as Elizabeth feared her father's reaction (and it turned out she was right, as he disinherited her, when he found out she was married).

Although older than Browning by some six years, and in generally poor health, the relationship between Elizabeth and her lover appears to have been fulfilling. Her most famous sonnet "How do I Love Thee?" appears in "Sonnets from the Portuguese", so titled because Robert fondly called her his "little Portuguese".
6. Which portly statesman and World War II leader expressed his love in the following way: "Time passes swiftly, but is it not joyous to see how great and growing is the treasure we have gathered together, amid the storms and stresses of so many eventful and to millions tragic and terrible years?"

Answer: Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill sent these words to his wife Clementine, on January 23, 1935. Winston proposed to Clementine in a temple dedicated to Diana, in the grounds of Blenheim Palace, his ancestral seat. A month later they were married and named their first child for the temple in which they had pledged their love to one another. Married life together produced five children, while their relationship was described as "close and affectionate".
7. Which world-renowned dancer, who would later suffer a rather bizarre death, wrote: "Give my love to Dear Dear No. 11 and to that musty little dear Home No. 6 and for your dear self my heart is overflowing with just the most unoriginal old fashionest sort of love."?

Answer: Isadora Duncan

Isadora Duncan sent this letter to her lover (and father of her second child) Gordon Craig, on Christmas Day, 1904. Craig, a theatre designer, first met Duncan after watching her perform. In his biography, he recounted feeling in awe of the American, as she danced in a manner both "primal" and "ethereal". Duncan also reported feeling an instant attraction to Craig, claiming that she felt a presence in the audience that night and was compelled to look out to see who it was (something she did not usually do).

She was so impressed by Craig that she invited him to dinner that very night.
8. A nun expressed her longing thus: "I have your picture in my room. I never pass by it without stopping to look at it; and yet when you were present with me, I scarcely ever cast my eyes upon it. If a picture, which is but a mute representation of an object can give such pleasure, what cannot letters inspire? They have souls, they can speak, they have in them all that force which expresses the transport of the heart; they have all the fire of our passions ...." Which religious figure sent this letter?

Answer: Heloise d'Argenteuil

Heloise wrote this to Abelard after they had been separated. Abelard believed his relationship with Heloise posed a threat to his career as philosopher and academic, so the two kept their feelings for one another as secret as possible. Eventually they married (quietly) after a son was born.

When Heloise's uncle, the secular canon Fulbert, discovered the relationship, Abelard's worst fears were realized: Fulbert confined Heloise to a convent (of which she later became abbess), while Abelard was castrated! Their relationship continued until his death, in the form of numerous, moving letters.
9. Which prolific, classical composer, whose work found favor with both emperors and the common people, wrote: "PS. While I was writing the last page, tear after tear fell on the paper. But I must cheer up -- catch! -- An astonishing number of kisses are flying about --- The deuce!-- I see a whole crowd of them! Ha! Ha!...I have just caught three-- They are delicious!-- Adieu--Dearest, most beloved little wife-- Take care of your health-- and don't think of walking into town. Do write and tell me how you like our new quarters-- Adieu. I kiss you millions of times."?

Answer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in a letter to his wife Constanza, October 17, 1790. The early stages of Wolfgang and Constanza's relationship did not run smoothly: they broke up after Mozart exploded in a jealous rage over her flirting with a young man during a game (and scandalously letting him measure her calves). They were married a day before permission arrived from Wolfgang's father. She was widowed after only nine years of marriage. (I swear I can hear Tom Hulce's adorable giggle in the excerpt!)
10. Which English explorer, known for his ability to enrich the crown, wrote these heartfelt words to his wife in 1603: "You shall now receive (my dear wife) my last words in these my last lines. My love I send you that you may keep it when I am dead, and my counsel that you may remember it when I am no more. ... First, I send you all the thanks which my heart can conceive, or my words can rehearse for your many travails, and care taken for me, which though they have not taken effect as you wished, yet my debt to you is not the less; but pay it I never shall in this world."?

Answer: Sir Walter Raleigh

Raleigh and Bess were married, secretly. When the monarch, Elizabeth I, found out, she imprisoned them both. They were later released, and remained devoted to one another, but it took a long time for Raleigh to regain the royal favor. Sir Walter was later imprisoned for treason during the reign of Elizabeth's successor, James I.

The excerpt was taken from a letter written to his wife in 1603, although he would linger in prison until 1618.
Source: Author Belleiscute

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