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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 mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).
(a) Her tears and flattery do not spark a fire in his heart.
(b) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.
(c) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.
(d) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.

2. What is Venus's main criticism of chastity?
(a) It prevents her from getting what she wants.
(b) It shows ingratitude toward the gods.
(c) It prevents people from having children.
(d) It is a needlessly joyless practice.

3. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?
(a) Impulsiveness.
(b) Violence.
(c) Immodesty.
(d) Callousness.

4. What does Venus compare to an informer and a spy?
(a) Lust.
(b) Jealousy.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

4. What technique is used in line 432, "Ear’s deep sweet music, and heart’s deep sore wounding"?

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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