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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 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"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Innuendo.
(d) Alliteration.

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

3. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It is unsurprising.
(b) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.
(c) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.
(d) It is cunning.

4. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Euphemism.

5. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.
(b) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.
(c) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.
(d) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the context of the comparison of Adonis's departure to the departure of a friend onboard ship, which of the following words functions as a pun?

3. What "circuit" is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis "I have hemm’d thee here/ Within the circuit of this ivory pale" (lines 229-230)?

4. What is Venus compared to when she hears the sound of the hunting dogs baying?

5. 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)?

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