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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 technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Anthimeria.
(d) Oxymoron.

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

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

4. What does Adonis tell Venus is the only thing he could love?
(a) His own purity.
(b) His religious faith.
(c) His horse.
(d) A boar.

5. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Metonymy.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

2. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

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

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

5. What technique is used in line 431, "Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding"?

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