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

2. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Malapropism.

3. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?
(a) The sun.
(b) A stag.
(c) A flower.
(d) A stallion.

4. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) Purple and blue.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) White and purple.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?

3. To whom is the poem dedicated?

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

5. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?

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