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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. To what does Venus compare the fear of a person in love?
(a) The fear of a person carrying treasure who is surrounded by thieves.
(b) The fear of a shepherd seeing his flock beset by wolves.
(c) The fear of a monarch whose castle is besieged by enemies.
(d) The fear of a mother holding a newborn during a rising flood.

2. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?
(a) Sibilance.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Euphony.
(d) Assonance.

3. How does Adonis view romantic love?
(a) He thinks it elevates a person spiritually.
(b) He thinks it is frightening and dangerous.
(c) He thinks it should be reserved for marriage.
(d) He thinks it is chaotic and burdensome,

4. What is making the sounds referred to in lines 847 and 848, "For who hath she to spend the night withal,/ But idle sounds resembling parasites"?
(a) Birds.
(b) Caves.
(c) Bugs.
(d) The night.

5. What does the speaker compare to caves?
(a) Adonis's heart and mind.
(b) Venus's arguments.
(c) Adonis's dimples.
(d) Venus's eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides being goddess of the moon and the hunt, what significant power was Cynthia believed to possess?

2. What technique is used in lines 1123 and 1124, "She looks upon his lips, and they are pale;/ She takes him by the hand, and that is cold"?

3. Which is the best summary of the meaning conveyed by the stanza that describes Venus's competing feelings of hope and despair?

4. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?

5. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?

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