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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 is the most logical definition of "tushes" in the context of line 617, "Whose tushes never sheath’d he whetteth still"?
(a) Touches.
(b) Tusks.
(c) Hooves.
(d) Knives.

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

3. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Pygmalion.
(b) Icarus.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) Narcissus.

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

5. What do Venus's descriptions of the rabbit, fox, and deer have in common?
(a) They stress how numerous and easily spotted these creatures are.
(b) They stress that all three yield delicious meat and useful skins.
(c) They stress the timid and retiring nature of these animals.
(d) They stress how fast and clever these animals are.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?

2. 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?

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

4. 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)?

5. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?

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