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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. Who is the author of the poem's epigraph?
(a) Ovid.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Henry Wriothesley.

2. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) White.
(b) Blue.
(c) Purple.
(d) Red.

3. What technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allusion.

4. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?
(a) A fenced area.
(b) A small barn.
(c) A stand of trees.
(d) A valley.

5. What does Venus mean when she says, in lines 649 and 650, "For where love reigns, disturbing jealousy/ Doth call himself affection’s sentinel"?
(a) Love is stronger than jealousy and can preserve affection against it.
(b) Love upsets jealousy because it considers affection more important.
(c) When a person is in love, jealousy sounds frequent alarms.
(d) When a person is ruled by love, other relationships suffer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?

2. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?

3. What does Venus tell Adonis is usually unlike her?

4. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

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

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