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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. How does Venus characterize animals like the lion, tiger, and wolf when in Adonis's presence?
(a) Predatory.
(b) Tame.
(c) Fearful.
(d) Jealous.

2. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Purple and blue.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) White and purple.

3. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Ignores.
(b) Considers.
(c) Ruins.
(d) Angers.

4. In the conceit that Venus concludes her speech with near the end of the poem, what two things are compared?
(a) The flower and an infant.
(b) A father and a child.
(c) An infant and a cradle.
(d) Adonis and the flower.

5. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Inversion.
(b) Epigram.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Cacophony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which two colors dominate the description of Adonis's body?

3. What colors are emphasized in the description of morning?

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

5. 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).

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