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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?
(a) A valley.
(b) A small barn.
(c) A fenced area.
(d) A stand of trees.

2. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?
(a) Anadiplosis.
(b) Personification.
(c) Paraprosdokian.
(d) Anthimeria.

3. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Jupiter.
(c) Mars.
(d) Mercury.

4. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) Blue.
(b) Purple.
(c) Red.
(d) White.

5. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.
(b) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.
(c) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.
(d) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.

6. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Promise not to leave.
(b) Admit that he desires her.
(c) Kiss her willingly.
(d) Give back her heart.

7. What event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?
(a) Venus agrees to let Adonis leave.
(b) Helios feels jealous of Adonis.
(c) Adonis kisses Venus.
(d) The stallion returns to Adonis.

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

9. What does Venus tell Adonis is his "duty" (line 168)?
(a) To obey the will of a goddess.
(b) To enjoy youth while it lasts.
(c) To accept the admiration his great beauty causes.
(d) To have sex and beget children.

10. What does Adonis tell Venus is the only thing he could love?
(a) His own purity.
(b) His horse.
(c) A boar.
(d) His religious faith.

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

12. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?
(a) Adonis.
(b) The mare.
(c) Venus.
(d) The stallion.

13. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?
(a) A stag.
(b) A stallion.
(c) A flower.
(d) The sun.

14. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?
(a) Irresponsible, careless.
(b) Unmannerly, rude.
(c) Useless, pointless.
(d) Informal, casual.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

2. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

3. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?

4. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

5. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?

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