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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 does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?
(a) They are callous.
(b) They are embarrassing.
(c) They are dishonest.
(d) They are unfeminine.

2. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?
(a) Inversion and contraction.
(b) Contraction and simile.
(c) Personification and inversion.
(d) Simile and personification.

3. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Promise not to leave.
(b) Admit that he desires her.
(c) Give back her heart.
(d) Kiss her willingly.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 647 and 648, "My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest,/ But like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast"?

2. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?

3. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?

4. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?

5. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

(see the answer key)

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