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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 most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.
(b) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.
(c) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.
(d) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.

2. What does the speaker compare to caves?
(a) Venus's arguments.
(b) Adonis's dimples.
(c) Adonis's heart and mind.
(d) Venus's eyes.

3. What does the speaker compare to a grinning wolf and a bullet?
(a) Adonis's stallion's seduction of the mare.
(b) The words Adonis intends to say.
(c) Cupid drawing his bow.
(d) Venus's lustful thoughts.

4. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Anthimeria.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Personification.

5. To what does Venus compare her own lips when she says that Adonis's lips are "sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted" (line 511)?
(a) Wax.
(b) A stamp.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Sand.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does the speaker compare Venus finally opening her eyes after her faint?

3. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).

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

5. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?

(see the answer key)

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