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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. According to the speaker, what is the one thing that the horse lacks?
(a) Rich trappings.
(b) A proud rider.
(c) Humility.
(d) Independence.

2. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?
(a) A swimmer.
(b) A fish.
(c) An osprey.
(d) A duck.

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

4. What "circuit" is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis "I have hemm’d thee here/ Within the circuit of this ivory pale" (lines 229-230)?
(a) The field.
(b) Her arms.
(c) Her heart.
(d) A ring of flowers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?

3. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?

4. 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"?

5. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?

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