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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. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?
(a) Level.
(b) Equal.
(c) Evening.
(d) At the same time.

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"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Paradox.

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

4. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?
(a) Simile and personification.
(b) Personification and inversion.
(c) Inversion and contraction.
(d) Contraction and simile.

5. In lines 896 and 897, "Till cheering up her senses sore dismay’d,/ She tells them ’tis a causeless fantasy," what is the antecedent of "them"?
(a) Cheering.
(b) Sore.
(c) Dismay'd.
(d) Senses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?

2. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?

3. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

(see the answer key)

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