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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 metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The horse is compared to an unruly child.
(b) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.
(c) The bit is compared to logic and reason.
(d) The bit is compared to an unjust law.

2. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It is unsurprising.
(b) It is cunning.
(c) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.
(d) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.

3. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Alliteration.

4. What technique is used in lines 254 and 255, "Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;/ The time is spent, her object will away"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Paradox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?

2. In lines 79-84, what bargain does Venus try to strike with Adonis?

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

4. Who is the author of the poem's epigraph?

5. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?

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