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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: Lines 1-216.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?
(a) Epizeuxis.
(b) Epimone.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Polyptoton.

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

3. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) The Earl of Southampton.
(b) Anne Hathaway.
(c) Elizabeth I.
(d) James I.

4. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?
(a) To obey the will of a goddess.
(b) To accept the admiration his great beauty causes.
(c) To have sex and beget children.
(d) To enjoy youth while it lasts.

5. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Nap.
(c) Pick flowers.
(d) Eat lunch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

2. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

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

4. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?

5. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?

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