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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 is the only thing he could love?
(a) His religious faith.
(b) His own purity.
(c) His horse.
(d) A boar.

2. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.
(b) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.
(c) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.
(d) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.

3. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A fox.
(b) A horse.
(c) A flower.
(d) A bird.

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

5. What technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Allusion.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker compare to caves?

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

3. What is Venus's main criticism of chastity?

4. When Venus and Adonis are on the ground kissing in lines 547-558, what is Venus being compared to?

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"?

(see the answer key)

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