View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) Purple.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

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

3. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Inversion.
(c) Epigram.
(d) Cacophony.

4. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?
(a) Paraprosdokian.
(b) Anadiplosis.
(c) Anthimeria.
(d) Personification.

5. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Give back her heart.
(b) Kiss her willingly.
(c) Promise not to leave.
(d) Admit that he desires her.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem dedicated?

2. What does Venus tell Adonis will be the cause of him tripping and falling?

3. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?

4. 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?

5. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 247 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample