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

2. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?
(a) She is unable to be truly happy about a conquest brought about through deception.
(b) She has taken a big risk and it has not paid off for her.
(c) She has come very close to paradise without being allowed to fully enjoy it.
(d) She is aware that she has dishonored her own status as a goddess and regrets her actions.

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

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

5. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?
(a) The difference between lust and love.
(b) The reversal of expected gender roles.
(c) Adonis's unnatural lack of desire.
(d) The contrast between passion and virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in line 219, "Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong"?

2. Which is the best characterization of the connotations of Venus's description of "fountains" (line 234) and "rising hillocks" in her description of the park (line 237)?

3. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?

4. 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).

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

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