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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 do Venus's descriptions of the rabbit, fox, and deer have in common?
(a) They stress the timid and retiring nature of these animals.
(b) They stress that all three yield delicious meat and useful skins.
(c) They stress how fast and clever these animals are.
(d) They stress how numerous and easily spotted these creatures are.

2. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?
(a) Impulsiveness.
(b) Immodesty.
(c) Callousness.
(d) Violence.

3. 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 demonstrates that Venus's lust has become genuine love.
(c) The repetition stresses Venus's passion and mimics the sound of echoing.
(d) The repetition mimics the way Venus keeps running back and forth looking for Adonis.

4. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?
(a) With contempt.
(b) With laughter.
(c) With compassion.
(d) With desire.

5. What technique is used in line 720, "'In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'"?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Epigram.
(d) Apostrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?

2. Which is the most logical interpretation of the phase "her sight dazzling" when Venus is looking at Adonis's body in line 1064?

3. How does Venus characterize animals like the lion, tiger, and wolf when in Adonis's presence?

4. 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"?

5. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?

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