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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 technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Allusion.

2. What are the various forms of repetition in lines 833 and 834, "'Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times, 'Woe, woe!'/ And twenty echoes twenty times cry so," meant to convey?
(a) The repetition mimics the way Venus keeps running back and forth looking for Adonis.
(b) The repetition stresses Venus's passion and mimics the sound of echoing.
(c) The repetition demonstrates that Venus's lust has become genuine love.
(d) The repetition highlights the difference between Venus's display of grief and the shallowness of her real feelings.

3. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.
(b) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.
(c) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.
(d) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.

4. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).
(a) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.
(b) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.
(c) Her tears and flattery do not spark a fire in his heart.
(d) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.

5. Why does Venus ask Adonis whether he saw her grow pale and tremble when he mentioned hunting boar?
(a) She hopes he will feel sympathy for her.
(b) She is stressing that she knows what she is talking about.
(c) She considers this evidence that she is not lying about her fear.
(d) She hopes he will be aroused by her display of feminine "weakness."

Short Answer Questions

1. When Venus and Adonis are on the ground kissing in lines 547-558, what is Venus being compared to?

2. What technique is used in line 720, "'In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'"?

3. What is the best definition of "eyne" in line 633, "Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne"?

4. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?

5. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?

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