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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Lines 613-810.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Aphorism.
(d) Paralepsis.

2. What do Venus's descriptions of the rabbit, fox, and deer have in common?
(a) They stress how numerous and easily spotted these creatures are.
(b) They stress the timid and retiring nature of these animals.
(c) They stress how fast and clever these animals are.
(d) They stress that all three yield delicious meat and useful skins.

3. 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) Oxymoron.
(c) Personification.
(d) Metaphor.

4. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?
(a) With contempt.
(b) With desire.
(c) With compassion.
(d) With laughter.

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Amused.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Satisfied.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem dedicated?

2. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?

3. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?

4. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

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

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