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

2. 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.

3. 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).
(a) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.
(b) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.
(c) Her tears and flattery do not spark a fire in his heart.
(d) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.

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

5. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?
(a) A place where statues are displayed.
(b) Perfumed breath.
(c) A vessel used in distillation.
(d) A lecture instilling religious belief.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?

2. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?

3. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

4. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?

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)?

(see the answer key)

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