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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. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?
(a) Venus cannot think clearly because she is ill.
(b) Venus is sick with love for Adonis.
(c) Venus's thoughts are unnatural.
(d) Venus's thoughts are evil.

2. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?
(a) Callousness.
(b) Violence.
(c) Immodesty.
(d) Impulsiveness.

3. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Personification.
(d) Synecdoche.

4. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Ruins.
(b) Angers.
(c) Ignores.
(d) Considers.

5. What technique is used in line 431, "Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding"?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Chiasmus.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the poem dedicated?

2. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?

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)?

4. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

5. 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)?

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