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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. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.
(b) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.
(c) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.
(d) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.

2. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?
(a) Venus.
(b) Adonis.
(c) The mare.
(d) The stallion.

3. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The horse is compared to an unruly child.
(b) The bit is compared to logic and reason.
(c) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.
(d) The bit is compared to an unjust law.

4. 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)?
(a) The field.
(b) Her heart.
(c) A ring of flowers.
(d) Her arms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).

2. What does the speaker compare to caves?

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

4. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?

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

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