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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 colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Blue and red.
(c) Purple and blue.
(d) White and purple.

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

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

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.
(b) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.
(c) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.
(d) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?

3. 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"?

4. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?

5. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?

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