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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Lines 409-612.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?
(a) Level.
(b) Evening.
(c) At the same time.
(d) Equal.

2. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Epigram.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Euphemism.

3. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.
(b) It is cunning.
(c) It is unsurprising.
(d) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.

4. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Lost one.
(b) Stubborn one.
(c) Savior.
(d) Beloved.

5. To what does the speaker compare Venus finally opening her eyes after her faint?
(a) Lightning.
(b) The sunrise.
(c) A flower blooming.
(d) A leaf unfurling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker compare to a grinning wolf and a bullet?

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

3. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?

4. What does the speaker compare to caves?

5. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?

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