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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Lines 811-1008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides being goddess of the moon and the hunt, what significant power was Cynthia believed to possess?
(a) The power to cause sudden illness and death.
(b) The power to cause memory loss and hallucinations.
(c) The power to increase crop yields.
(d) The power to control the weather.

2. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.
(b) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.
(c) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.
(d) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.

3. What does the speaker compare to caves?
(a) Venus's eyes.
(b) Venus's arguments.
(c) Adonis's dimples.
(d) Adonis's heart and mind.

4. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?
(a) Alliteration and assonance.
(b) Assonance and onomatopoeia.
(c) Metonymy and alliteration.
(d) Onomatopoeia and metonymy.

5. What technique is used in lines 819 and 820, "Till the wild waves will have him seen no more,/ Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Innuendo.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in line 431, "Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding"?

3. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?

4. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).

5. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?

(see the answer key)

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