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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 colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) Purple and blue.
(b) White and purple.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Blue and red.

2. Which is the best characterization of the connotations of Venus's description of "fountains" (line 234) and "rising hillocks" in her description of the park (line 237)?
(a) Sexual.
(b) Boastful.
(c) Comforting.
(d) Sarcastic.

3. What type of human does Venus compare the boar to?
(a) A hangman.
(b) A thief.
(c) A soldier.
(d) A butcher.

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

5. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.
(b) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.
(c) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(d) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?

2. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?

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

4. According to the speaker, what is the one thing that the horse lacks?

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

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