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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. What are the various forms of repetition in lines 833 and 834, "'Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times, 'Woe, woe!'/ And twenty echoes twenty times cry so," meant to convey?
(a) The repetition highlights the difference between Venus's display of grief and the shallowness of her real feelings.
(b) The repetition stresses Venus's passion and mimics the sound of echoing.
(c) The repetition mimics the way Venus keeps running back and forth looking for Adonis.
(d) The repetition demonstrates that Venus's lust has become genuine love.

2. In line 1032, whose eyes does the speaker compare to "stars asham’d of day"?
(a) The boar's.
(b) Adonis's.
(c) Love's.
(d) Venus's.

3. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Anthimeria.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Anadiplosis.

4. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?
(a) A duck.
(b) A fish.
(c) A swimmer.
(d) An osprey.

5. As Venus "flies" toward the sound of the hunting horn, to what bird does the speaker compare her (line 1027)?
(a) Falcon.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Lark.
(d) Sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?

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

3. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?

4. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

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

(see the answer key)

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