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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 when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Metonymy.

2. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Anthimeria.
(d) Anadiplosis.

3. What technique is used in line 720, "'In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Epigram.

4. What does Venus refer to as "ugly, meagre, lean"?
(a) Lust.
(b) Death.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

5. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's motives as she describes hunting a rabbit?
(a) She intends to illustrate how knowledgeable she is about hunting.
(b) She intends to show Adonis how sympathetic she is toward prey animals.
(c) She intends to shame Adonis into choosing to hunt rabbit instead of boar.
(d) She intends to make it sound as exciting as hunting a boar.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?

2. To what does the speaker compare Venus finally opening her eyes after her faint?

3. What is the best definition of "sepulchres" in line 622, "His snout digs sepulchres where’er he goes"?

4. What do Venus's descriptions of the rabbit, fox, and deer have in common?

5. What is Venus's main criticism of chastity?

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