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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To whose dismayed surprise does the speaker compare Venus's astonishment when Adonis leaves her?
(a) Someone who is walking across unknown terrain and falls into a bog of quicksand.
(b) Someone who is accidentally struck by a careless hunter's arrow.
(c) Someone whose lamp blows out when they are walking in the woods at night.
(d) Someone whose pampered pet suddenly slips outside and runs away.

2. What does Venus say will die with Adonis?
(a) Chaos.
(b) Love.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Death.

3. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?
(a) Euphony.
(b) Sibilance.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Assonance.

4. Which is the best summary of the meaning conveyed by the stanza that describes Venus's competing feelings of hope and despair?
(a) Venus is making a spectacle of herself by wildly veering between hope and despair, and her lack of common sense implies that what she calls love is more likely lust.
(b) Both of these extreme emotions are ridiculous and problematic for Venus, but she cannot help vacillating between them because she is in love.
(c) Because Venus does not know the outcome yet, it is best for her to focus on hope, because at least in the interim she has one last chance to be happy.
(d) The fear of loss makes it almost impossible to hold on to hope, but part of being in love is allowing oneself to be vulnerable and take emotional risks.

5. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?
(a) It exaggerates her feelings.
(b) It is immodest.
(c) It is long and boring.
(d) It is out of tune.

6. What characteristic of the boar does Venus's description primarily stress?
(a) It is cunning and deceptive.
(b) It is divinely protected.
(c) It is ugly inside and out.
(d) It is well-armed for battle.

7. What is Venus saying when she asks the world "what canst thou boast/ Of things long since, or anything ensuing" (lines 1077 and 1078)?
(a) The world has no right to brag about itself if it would allow Adonis to die.
(b) Any time before Adonis's birth or after his death is worthless.
(c) The relationship between the past and the present is not as clear as people pretend.
(d) The world is a cruel place that does not allow love to grow naturally.

8. What technique is used in line 640, "They that thrive well, take counsel of their friends"?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Aphorism.
(c) Paralepsis.
(d) Apostrophe.

9. In line 868, "She hearkens for his hounds and for his horn," which technique best conveys Venus's straining to hear a quiet, far-off sound?
(a) Tone.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Diction.
(d) Alliteration.

10. For what reason does Venus suggest the sun and wind took pity on Adonis's tears?
(a) Because of his beauty.
(b) Because of his youth.
(c) Because of his kindness.
(d) Because of his morality.

11. To what does Venus compare the fear of a person in love?
(a) The fear of a mother holding a newborn during a rising flood.
(b) The fear of a person carrying treasure who is surrounded by thieves.
(c) The fear of a shepherd seeing his flock beset by wolves.
(d) The fear of a monarch whose castle is besieged by enemies.

12. What is making the sounds referred to in lines 847 and 848, "For who hath she to spend the night withal,/ But idle sounds resembling parasites"?
(a) Birds.
(b) The night.
(c) Bugs.
(d) Caves.

13. What is Venus's motive for flattering death?
(a) She fears that death will try to take her life, too.
(b) She is relieved and her natural flirtatiousness returns.
(c) She feels genuinely sorry that she has accused him.
(d) She hopes it will keep death from taking Adonis.

14. Why does Venus ask Adonis whether he saw her grow pale and tremble when he mentioned hunting boar?
(a) She hopes he will be aroused by her display of feminine "weakness."
(b) She considers this evidence that she is not lying about her fear.
(c) She is stressing that she knows what she is talking about.
(d) She hopes he will feel sympathy for her.

15. In the context of the comparison of Adonis's departure to the departure of a friend onboard ship, which of the following words functions as a pun?
(a) Merciless.
(b) Fold.
(c) Pitchy.
(d) Contend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 1123 and 1124, "She looks upon his lips, and they are pale;/ She takes him by the hand, and that is cold"?

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

3. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?

4. What is the most logical definition of the word "fair" in the context of line 1083, "Having no fair to lose, you need not fear"?

5. What are the various forms of repetition in lines 833 and 834, "'Ay me!' she cries, and twenty times, 'Woe, woe!'/ And twenty echoes twenty times cry so," meant to convey?

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