Welcome to our Afflicted Love quiz.

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Nobody expects a totally smooth run on the course of love, but some couples in myth, history and literature seem to have gone out of their way to give the impression that if they were lucky, it must have been at cards. But that, of course, is why their stories live on.

Lancelot and Guinevere, by Herbert James Draper (1863-1920)
Thanks to ARC: Art Renewal Center

From Orpheus and Eurydice in ancient Greece to Rick and Ilsa in wartime Morocco, here’s a chance to test your knowledge of the real romance classics.

So, settle back and...