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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?
(a) Hunt.
(b) Nap.
(c) Pick flowers.
(d) Eat lunch.

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

4. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?
(a) Anthimeria.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Asyndeton.

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

6. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Personification.

7. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?
(a) Flight.
(b) Justice.
(c) Heat.
(d) Water.

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

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

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

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

12. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Personification.

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

14. What techniques are used in lines 417 and 418, "If springing things be any jot diminish’d,/ They wither in their prime, prove nothing worth"?
(a) Inversion and contraction.
(b) Contraction and simile.
(c) Personification and inversion.
(d) Simile and personification.

15. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A fox.
(b) A flower.
(c) A bird.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is used in line 432, "Ear’s deep sweet music, and heart’s deep sore wounding"?

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).

4. How does Adonis view romantic love?

5. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?

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