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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 "bootless" in the context of line 422?
(a) Useless, pointless.
(b) Informal, casual.
(c) Unmannerly, rude.
(d) Irresponsible, careless.

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

3. How does Venus know that the dogs are barking at a boar, bear, or lion?
(a) She hears the excited cries of the hunters with the dogs.
(b) The sound of their barking is stationary.
(c) The dogs sound excited and frightened.
(d) She cannot hear the sound of anything running through the brush.

4. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?
(a) Justice.
(b) Heat.
(c) Water.
(d) Flight.

5. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the various forms of repetition in lines 833 and 834, "'Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times, 'Woe, woe!'/ And twenty echoes twenty times cry so," meant to convey?

2. What technique is used in line 431, "Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding"?

3. What technique is used in lines 819 and 820, "Till the wild waves will have him seen no more,/ Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend"?

4. Which techniques are used in line 838, "love is wise in folly foolish witty"?

5. Which technique is used in lines 221 and 222, "And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak/ And now her sobs do her intendments break"?

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