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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. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?
(a) Venus is sick with love for Adonis.
(b) Venus's thoughts are evil.
(c) Venus cannot think clearly because she is ill.
(d) Venus's thoughts are unnatural.

2. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?
(a) A swimmer.
(b) A duck.
(c) A fish.
(d) An osprey.

3. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) Her own kisses.
(b) Adonis's breath.
(c) Adonis's tears.
(d) The dew on the flowers.

4. In lines 79-84, what bargain does Venus try to strike with Adonis?
(a) She will let him explain his feelings if he speaks nicely to her.
(b) She will not tell anyone about it if he will have sex with her.
(c) She will ask the gods to make him immortal if he will be her partner.
(d) She will get off of him if he gives her one voluntary kiss.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?

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

4. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?

5. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?

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