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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Lines 217-408.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The horse is compared to an unruly child.
(b) The bit is compared to logic and reason.
(c) The bit is compared to an unjust law.
(d) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.

2. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?
(a) A stand of trees.
(b) A small barn.
(c) A valley.
(d) A fenced area.

3. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?
(a) A flower.
(b) The sun.
(c) A stag.
(d) A stallion.

4. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?
(a) With desire.
(b) With compassion.
(c) With laughter.
(d) With contempt.

5. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Moans.
(c) Shudders.
(d) Winks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker compare to caves?

2. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?

3. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?

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

5. 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?"

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