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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 Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?
(a) Nap.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Eat lunch.
(d) Pick flowers.

2. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?
(a) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(b) Diacope and onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration and diacope.
(d) Metaphor and alliteration.

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

4. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?
(a) Equal.
(b) Level.
(c) At the same time.
(d) Evening.

5. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Cacophony.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Inversion.
(d) Euphemism.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?

2. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

3. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?

4. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?

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

(see the answer key)

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