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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 815 and 816, "Look how a bright star shooteth from the sky,/ So glides he in the night from Venus’ eye"?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Personification.
(d) Apostrophe.

2. Which two colors dominate the description of Adonis's body?
(a) White and red.
(b) Purple and white.
(c) Black and purple.
(d) Red and black.

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

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

5. When Venus "sings extemporally a woeful ditty," what is the best definition for "extemporally" in this context (line 836)?
(a) With self-pity that is almost comical.
(b) At great length.
(c) Without preparation or prior thought.
(d) Displaying great emotion.

6. What technique is used in lines 647 and 648, "My boding heart pants, beats, and takes no rest,/ But like an earthquake, shakes thee on my breast"?
(a) Simile.
(b) Diacope.
(c) Malapropism.
(d) Euphony.

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

8. What colors are emphasized in the description of morning?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Yellow and orange.
(c) Silver and gold.
(d) Blue and green.

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

10. What techniques are used in lines 1015 and 1016, "“O love!” quoth she, “how much a fool was I,/ To be of such a weak and silly mind"?
(a) Inversion and parallelism.
(b) Euphemism and apostrophe.
(c) Apostrophe and inversion.
(d) Parallelism and euphemism.

11. In the simile discussing the impact of an earthquake on a king's subjects, what does the speaker say causes earthquakes?
(a) Wind trapped in the ground.
(b) Disturbed rotation of the earth.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) Shifting tectonic plates.

12. What does Venus refer to as "ugly, meagre, lean"?
(a) Death.
(b) Love.
(c) Life.
(d) Lust.

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

14. When Venus suddenly has hope that Adonis is alive, who is the "rash suspect" that she "doth extenuate" (line 1009)?
(a) Love.
(b) Adonis.
(c) The boar.
(d) Death.

15. Whom does Venus address as a "clear god" (line 860)?
(a) The sky.
(b) The sun.
(c) The wind.
(d) The morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What technique is used in line 1026, "Whereat she leaps that was but late forlorn"?

3. Where does Venus go first thing in the morning?

4. How does Venus know that the dogs are barking at a boar, bear, or lion?

5. What is the most logical definition of "tushes" in the context of line 617, "Whose tushes never sheath’d he whetteth still"?

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