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

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

3. 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.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?

2. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?

3. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?

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

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

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