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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 technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Epizeuxis.
(c) Epimone.
(d) Polyptoton.

2. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?
(a) Flight.
(b) Water.
(c) Heat.
(d) Justice.

3. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Personification.

4. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?
(a) Venus's thoughts are unnatural.
(b) Venus is sick with love for Adonis.
(c) Venus cannot think clearly because she is ill.
(d) Venus's thoughts are evil.

5. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A horse.
(b) A flower.
(c) A bird.
(d) A fox.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?

2. In lines 79-84, what bargain does Venus try to strike with Adonis?

3. Which technique is used in lines 221 and 222, "And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak/ And now her sobs do her intendments break"?

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

5. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?

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