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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 technique is used in lines 254 and 255, "Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;/ The time is spent, her object will away"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Parallelism.

2. In lines 79-84, what bargain does Venus try to strike with Adonis?
(a) She will not tell anyone about it if he will have sex with her.
(b) She will get off of him if he gives her one voluntary kiss.
(c) She will ask the gods to make him immortal if he will be her partner.
(d) She will let him explain his feelings if he speaks nicely to her.

3. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?
(a) The beginnings of a mustache.
(b) The sickly green shade of his skin.
(c) Beads of sweat.
(d) The residue of her own tears.

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) James I.
(b) Anne Hathaway.
(c) The Earl of Southampton.
(d) Elizabeth I.

5. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Epimone.
(c) Polyptoton.
(d) Epizeuxis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?

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

3. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

4. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?

5. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?

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