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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Lines 613-810.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What characteristic of the boar does Venus's description primarily stress?
(a) It is cunning and deceptive.
(b) It is well-armed for battle.
(c) It is ugly inside and out.
(d) It is divinely protected.

2. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's motives as she describes hunting a rabbit?
(a) She intends to make it sound as exciting as hunting a boar.
(b) She intends to shame Adonis into choosing to hunt rabbit instead of boar.
(c) She intends to illustrate how knowledgeable she is about hunting.
(d) She intends to show Adonis how sympathetic she is toward prey animals.

3. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(b) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.
(c) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.
(d) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.

4. What does the speaker compare to a grinning wolf and a bullet?
(a) Cupid drawing his bow.
(b) Venus's lustful thoughts.
(c) The words Adonis intends to say.
(d) Adonis's stallion's seduction of the mare.

5. According to the speaker, what is the one thing that the horse lacks?
(a) Humility.
(b) Independence.
(c) A proud rider.
(d) Rich trappings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides being goddess of the moon and the hunt, what significant power was Cynthia believed to possess?

3. What does Adonis tell Venus is the only thing he could love?

4. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?

5. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?

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