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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 "copse" mentioned in line 259?
(a) A valley.
(b) A fenced area.
(c) A small barn.
(d) A stand of trees.

2. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?
(a) An osprey.
(b) A swimmer.
(c) A fish.
(d) A duck.

3. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Amused.

4. To what does Venus compare her own lips when she says that Adonis's lips are "sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted" (line 511)?
(a) Wax.
(b) Sand.
(c) The ocean.
(d) A stamp.

5. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Polyptoton.
(c) Epizeuxis.
(d) Epimone.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Adonis view romantic love?

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

3. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?

4. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

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

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