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

2. 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.

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

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

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. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?

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

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

4. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?

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

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