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

3. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?
(a) She is aware that she has dishonored her own status as a goddess and regrets her actions.
(b) She is unable to be truly happy about a conquest brought about through deception.
(c) She has taken a big risk and it has not paid off for her.
(d) She has come very close to paradise without being allowed to fully enjoy it.

4. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.
(b) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.
(c) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.
(d) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.

5. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Skeptical.
(c) Amused.
(d) Satisfied.

6. Who is the author of the poem's epigraph?
(a) Henry Wriothesley.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Euripides.
(d) Ovid.

7. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It is unsurprising.
(b) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.
(c) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.
(d) It is cunning.

8. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) Adonis's tears.
(b) The dew on the flowers.
(c) Her own kisses.
(d) Adonis's breath.

9. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?
(a) Assonance and onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration and assonance.
(c) Metonymy and alliteration.
(d) Onomatopoeia and metonymy.

10. What technique is used in lines 254 and 255, "Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;/ The time is spent, her object will away"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Imagery.

11. Which is the best definition of "stillitory" in line 443, "For from the stillitory of thy face excelling"?
(a) A place where statues are displayed.
(b) Perfumed breath.
(c) A lecture instilling religious belief.
(d) A vessel used in distillation.

12. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Savior.
(b) Stubborn one.
(c) Lost one.
(d) Beloved.

13. What "circuit" is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis "I have hemm’d thee here/ Within the circuit of this ivory pale" (lines 229-230)?
(a) The field.
(b) Her arms.
(c) A ring of flowers.
(d) Her heart.

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

15. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?
(a) The residue of her own tears.
(b) The sickly green shade of his skin.
(c) Beads of sweat.
(d) The beginnings of a mustache.