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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 technique is used in lines 647 and 648, "My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest,/ But like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast"?
(a) Malapropism.
(b) Euphony.
(c) Simile.
(d) Diacope.

2. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?
(a) Assonance.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Euphony.
(d) Sibilance.

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of what Venus means when she asks "Where did I leave?” and Adonis replies “No matter where" (line 715)?
(a) She is asking where she and Adonis were when she first told him that he could leave for the night.
(b) She is asking what she was saying before her train of thought was interrupted.
(c) She is asking where Adonis intends to go once he leaves her that evening.
(d) She is asking Adonis to explain what he means when he accuses her of wanting to leave.

4. What technique is used in line 720, "'In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'"?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Allusion.

5. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Mercury.
(b) Apollo.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"

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

3. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?

4. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?

5. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?

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