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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 technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Oxymoron.

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) Sarcastic.
(b) Comforting.
(c) Boastful.
(d) Sexual.

3. What does Venus tell Adonis will be the cause of him tripping and falling?
(a) He is distracted by love.
(b) Earth wants to kiss him.
(c) One of the gods is jealous.
(d) It is dark and cloudy.

4. 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) Simile and personification.
(b) Contraction and simile.
(c) Inversion and contraction.
(d) Personification and inversion.

5. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Ruins.
(b) Ignores.
(c) Considers.
(d) Angers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?

2. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?

3. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?

4. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?

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

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