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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 event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?
(a) Venus agrees to let Adonis leave.
(b) Helios feels jealous of Adonis.
(c) The stallion returns to Adonis.
(d) Adonis kisses Venus.

2. 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) When a person is in love, jealousy sounds frequent alarms.
(b) Love is stronger than jealousy and can preserve affection against it.
(c) When a person is ruled by love, other relationships suffer.
(d) Love upsets jealousy because it considers affection more important.

3. Which is the best characterization of the connotations of Venus's description of "fountains" (line 234) and "rising hillocks" in her description of the park (line 237)?
(a) Boastful.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Comforting.

4. What does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?
(a) They are unfeminine.
(b) They are callous.
(c) They are dishonest.
(d) They are embarrassing.

5. What "circuit" is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis "I have hemm’d thee here/ Within the circuit of this ivory pale" (lines 229-230)?
(a) Her heart.
(b) Her arms.
(c) A ring of flowers.
(d) The field.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?

3. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?

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

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

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