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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 is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A horse.
(b) A bird.
(c) A flower.
(d) A fox.

2. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Lost one.
(b) Savior.
(c) Beloved.
(d) Stubborn one.

3. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?
(a) Adonis.
(b) The stallion.
(c) The mare.
(d) Venus.

4. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?
(a) A flower.
(b) A stag.
(c) The sun.
(d) A stallion.

5. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?
(a) The sickly green shade of his skin.
(b) The residue of her own tears.
(c) Beads of sweat.
(d) The beginnings of a mustache.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Venus and Adonis are on the ground kissing in lines 547-558, what is Venus being compared to?

2. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?

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 lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

5. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?

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