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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 do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Moans.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Shudders.
(d) Winks.

2. 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)?
(a) Wax.
(b) Sand.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A stamp.

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

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

5. What does Adonis tell Venus is the only thing he could love?
(a) A boar.
(b) His own purity.
(c) His religious faith.
(d) His horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?

2. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?

3. What does Venus compare to an informer and a spy?

4. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?

5. 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"?

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