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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 the speaker compare to a grinning wolf and a bullet?
(a) Adonis's stallion's seduction of the mare.
(b) The words Adonis intends to say.
(c) Venus's lustful thoughts.
(d) Cupid drawing his bow.

2. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?
(a) Useless, pointless.
(b) Unmannerly, rude.
(c) Informal, casual.
(d) Irresponsible, careless.

3. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?
(a) Inversion and contraction.
(b) Simile and personification.
(c) Contraction and simile.
(d) Personification and inversion.

4. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Symbolism.

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Amused.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is making the sounds referred to in lines 847 and 848, "For who hath she to spend the night withal,/ But idle sounds resembling parasites"?

3. According to the speaker, what is the one thing that the horse lacks?

4. What does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?

5. 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?

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