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

2. Which technique is used in lines 221 and 222, "And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak/ And now her sobs do her intendments break"?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Paralepsis.
(c) Anadiplosis.
(d) Anaphora.

3. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Ruins.
(b) Angers.
(c) Ignores.
(d) Considers.

4. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Antistrophe.

5. Which technique is used in line 219, "Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Conceit.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?

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

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

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