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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Lines 217-408.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(b) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.
(c) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.
(d) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.

2. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) Purple.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

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

4. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Give back her heart.
(b) Admit that he desires her.
(c) Kiss her willingly.
(d) Promise not to leave.

5. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?

2. What does the speaker compare to caves?

3. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?

4. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

5. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

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