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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. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?
(a) He was like a broken-down cart horse.
(b) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.
(c) He was as still as a statue.
(d) He was beautiful but not useful.

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

3. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?
(a) Water.
(b) Flight.
(c) Justice.
(d) Heat.

4. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The horse is compared to an unruly child.
(b) The bit is compared to an unjust law.
(c) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.
(d) The bit is compared to logic and reason.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?

2. Which technique is used in line 219, "Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong"?

3. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?

4. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?

5. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?

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