2. 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 beginnings of a mustache.
(b) The sickly green shade of his skin.
(c) The residue of her own tears.
(d) Beads of sweat.

3. 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.

4. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) James I.
(b) Anne Hathaway.
(c) The Earl of Southampton.
(d) Elizabeth I.

5. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Moans.
(c) Winks.
(d) Shudders.

6. 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) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Symbolism.

7. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Inversion.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Antistrophe.

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

9. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.
(b) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(c) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.
(d) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.

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

11. 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 do not spark a fire in his heart.
(b) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.
(c) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.
(d) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.

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

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

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

15. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The bit is compared to logic and reason.
(b) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.
(c) The horse is compared to an unruly child.
(d) The bit is compared to an unjust law.