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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 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 as still as a statue.
(c) He was like a broken-down cart horse.
(d) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.

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

3. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Mars.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Apollo.

4. Who is the author of the poem's epigraph?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Henry Wriothesley.
(d) Euripides.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?

3. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?

4. What does the speaker compare to caves?

5. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?

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