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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. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Pygmalion.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) Narcissus.

2. What technique is used in line 432, "Ear’s deep sweet music, and heart’s deep sore wounding"?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Antithesis.

3. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).
(a) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.
(b) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.
(c) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.
(d) Her tears and flattery do not spark a fire in his heart.

4. When Venus "sings extemporally a woeful ditty," what is the best definition for "extemporally" in this context (line 836)?
(a) At great length.
(b) Displaying great emotion.
(c) With self-pity that is almost comical.
(d) Without preparation or prior thought.

5. Which is the most logical interpretation of the phase "her sight dazzling" when Venus is looking at Adonis's body in line 1064?
(a) Venus's vision has begun to blur and swim.
(b) Venus finds Adonis beautiful even in death.
(c) Venus's eyes still mislead her into thinking lust is love.
(d) Venus's eyes seem to glitter like jewels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?

2. What technique is used in line 1138, "Find sweet beginning, but unsavoury end"?

3. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?

4. What does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?

5. What technique is used in lines 647 and 648, "My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest,/ But like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast"?

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