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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Lines 1009-1194.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Lost one.
(b) Savior.
(c) Stubborn one.
(d) Beloved.

2. What technique is used in line 1141, "It shall be fickle, false and full of fraud"?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Assonance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Sibilance.

3. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Satisfied.
(b) Amused.
(c) Guilty.
(d) Skeptical.

4. 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) Her heart.
(c) Her arms.
(d) A ring of flowers.

5. 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?
(a) Contend.
(b) Pitchy.
(c) Fold.
(d) Merciless.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which techniques are used in line 838, "love is wise in folly foolish witty"?

2. 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"?

3. How does Venus know that the dogs are barking at a boar, bear, or lion?

4. What technique is used in line 645, "Grew I not faint, and fell I not downright"?

5. What technique is used in lines 819 and 820, "Till the wild waves will have him seen no more,/ Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend"?

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