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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 does Venus tell Adonis is usually unlike her?
(a) Making a pass at a stranger.
(b) Physically restraining someone.
(c) Fainting from fear.
(d) Lecturing someone.

2. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) Adonis's breath.
(b) Adonis's tears.
(c) The dew on the flowers.
(d) Her own kisses.

3. Who is the "flap-mouth’d mourner" referred to in line 920?
(a) A hunter.
(b) The boar.
(c) Venus.
(d) A dog.

4. Which technique is used in line 219, "Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong"?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Metaphor.

5. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?
(a) The reversal of expected gender roles.
(b) Adonis's unnatural lack of desire.
(c) The difference between lust and love.
(d) The contrast between passion and virtue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Venus compared to when she hears the sound of the hunting dogs baying?

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

4. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?

5. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?

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