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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 "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?
(a) A vessel used in distillation.
(b) A place where statues are displayed.
(c) Perfumed breath.
(d) A lecture instilling religious belief.

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

3. 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) Imagery.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

5. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?
(a) Adonis tells her that he will never love her or even desire her.
(b) She has a premonition of the words Adonis is about to speak.
(c) She is overcome by the heat from the sun.
(d) Adonis pushes her roughly away from him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

2. Which is the best summary of the meaning conveyed by the stanza that describes Venus's competing feelings of hope and despair?

3. What technique is used in lines 815 and 816, "Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky,/ So glides he in the night from Venus’ eye"?

4. 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"?

5. What bird's song heralds the approach of morning?

(see the answer key)

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