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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Lines 811-1008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The field.
(b) A ring of flowers.
(c) Her heart.
(d) Her arms.

2. 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 what she was saying before her train of thought was interrupted.
(b) She is asking where she and Adonis were when she first told him that he could leave for the night.
(c) She is asking Adonis to explain what he means when he accuses her of wanting to leave.
(d) She is asking where Adonis intends to go once he leaves her that evening.

3. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) Adonis's tears.
(b) Adonis's breath.
(c) Her own kisses.
(d) The dew on the flowers.

4. What technique is used in lines 815 and 816, "Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky,/ So glides he in the night from Venus’ eye"?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

5. What is the best definition of "eyne" in line 633, "Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne"?
(a) Skin.
(b) Eyes.
(c) Voice.
(d) Breath.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of the comparison of Adonis's departure to the departure of a friend onboard ship, which of the following words functions as a pun?

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

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

4. When Venus "sings extemporally a woeful ditty," what is the best definition for "extemporally" in this context (line 836)?

5. What does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?

(see the answer key)

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