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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. 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) Onomatopoeia and metonymy.
(d) Metonymy and alliteration.

2. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Malapropism.

3. What bird's song heralds the approach of morning?
(a) The robin.
(b) The lark.
(c) The sparrow.
(d) The thrush.

4. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?
(a) Aphorism.
(b) Paralepsis.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Antimetabole.

5. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Anadiplosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?

2. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?

3. In the context of the comparison of Adonis's departure to the departure of a friend onboard ship, which of the following words functions as a pun?

4. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

5. 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"?

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