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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. What event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?
(a) Venus agrees to let Adonis leave.
(b) Helios feels jealous of Adonis.
(c) Adonis kisses Venus.
(d) The stallion returns to Adonis.

2. 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 beautiful but not useful.
(b) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.
(c) He was like a broken-down cart horse.
(d) He was as still as a statue.

3. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) White and purple.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Purple and blue.
(d) Blue and red.

4. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A flower.
(b) A bird.
(c) A horse.
(d) A fox.

5. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?
(a) The difference between lust and love.
(b) The reversal of expected gender roles.
(c) The contrast between passion and virtue.
(d) Adonis's unnatural lack of desire.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?

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

3. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

4. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?

5. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?

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