1. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?
(a) It exaggerates her feelings.
(b) It is immodest.
(c) It is long and boring.
(d) It is out of tune.

2. When Venus "sings extemporally a woeful ditty," what is the best definition for "extemporally" in this context (line 836)?
(a) With self-pity that is almost comical.
(b) Displaying great emotion.
(c) Without preparation or prior thought.
(d) At great length.

3. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Personification.
(c) Anthimeria.
(d) Paraprosdokian.

4. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?
(a) Alliteration and diacope.
(b) Metaphor and alliteration.
(c) Diacope and onomatopoeia.
(d) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.

5. Which is the best summary of the meaning conveyed by the stanza that describes Venus's competing feelings of hope and despair?
(a) The fear of loss makes it almost impossible to hold on to hope, but part of being in love is allowing oneself to be vulnerable and take emotional risks.
(b) Venus is making a spectacle of herself by wildly veering between hope and despair, and her lack of common sense implies that what she calls love is more likely lust.
(c) Because Venus does not know the outcome yet, it is best for her to focus on hope, because at least in the interim she has one last chance to be happy.
(d) Both of these extreme emotions are ridiculous and problematic for Venus, but she cannot help vacillating between them because she is in love.