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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 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) Love upsets jealousy because it considers affection more important.
(d) When a person is ruled by love, other relationships suffer.

2. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?
(a) Eat lunch.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Nap.
(d) Pick flowers.

3. Which technique is used in lines 221 and 222, "And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak/ And now her sobs do her intendments break"?
(a) Paralepsis.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Anadiplosis.

4. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's motives as she describes hunting a rabbit?
(a) She intends to show Adonis how sympathetic she is toward prey animals.
(b) She intends to shame Adonis into choosing to hunt rabbit instead of boar.
(c) She intends to make it sound as exciting as hunting a boar.
(d) She intends to illustrate how knowledgeable she is about hunting.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?

2. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?

3. What does Venus refer to as "ugly, meagre, lean"?

4. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?

5. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

(see the answer key)

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