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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Lines 811-1008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What bird's song heralds the approach of morning?
(a) The sparrow.
(b) The robin.
(c) The thrush.
(d) The lark.

2. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?
(a) It is immodest.
(b) It is out of tune.
(c) It exaggerates her feelings.
(d) It is long and boring.

3. What is making the sounds referred to in lines 847 and 848, "For who hath she to spend the night withal,/ But idle sounds resembling parasites"?
(a) Bugs.
(b) Caves.
(c) The night.
(d) Birds.

4. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?
(a) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.
(b) He was beautiful but not useful.
(c) He was like a broken-down cart horse.
(d) He was as still as a statue.

5. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Inversion.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whose dismayed surprise does the speaker compare Venus's astonishment when Adonis leaves her?

2. What technique is used in lines 254 and 255, "Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;/ The time is spent, her object will away"?

3. To what does Venus compare her own lips when she says that Adonis's lips are "sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted" (line 511)?

4. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?

5. How does Venus know that the dogs are barking at a boar, bear, or lion?

(see the answer key)

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