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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 does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Moans.
(c) Winks.
(d) Shudders.

2. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Narcissus.
(c) Pygmalion.
(d) The Minotaur.

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

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

5. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Anthimeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem dedicated?

2. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?

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

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

5. Who is the author of the poem's epigraph?

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