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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. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Pygmalion.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) Narcissus.

2. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Mars.
(c) Apollo.
(d) Jupiter.

3. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?
(a) Beads of sweat.
(b) The beginnings of a mustache.
(c) The residue of her own tears.
(d) The sickly green shade of his skin.

4. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?
(a) A vessel used in distillation.
(b) A place where statues are displayed.
(c) A lecture instilling religious belief.
(d) Perfumed breath.

5. What do Venus's descriptions of the rabbit, fox, and deer have in common?
(a) They stress how numerous and easily spotted these creatures are.
(b) They stress how fast and clever these animals are.
(c) They stress that all three yield delicious meat and useful skins.
(d) They stress the timid and retiring nature of these animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

3. What does line 972 compare to "many clouds consulting for foul weather"?

4. Besides being goddess of the moon and the hunt, what significant power was Cynthia believed to possess?

5. What bird's song heralds the approach of morning?

(see the answer key)

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