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

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

3. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) Purple.
(b) Blue.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

4. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Promise not to leave.
(b) Admit that he desires her.
(c) Kiss her willingly.
(d) Give back her heart.

5. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?

3. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?

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

5. What does the speaker compare to caves?

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