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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which techniques are used in line 838, "love is wise in folly foolish witty"?
(a) Analogy, paradox, and anthimeria.
(b) Anthimeria, oxymoron, and paradox.
(c) Chiasmus, anthimeria, and analogy.
(d) Paradox, oxymoron, and chiasmus.

2. In line 1032, whose eyes does the speaker compare to "stars asham’d of day"?
(a) Venus's.
(b) Adonis's.
(c) The boar's.
(d) Love's.

3. 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) The night.
(b) Bugs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Caves.

4. 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 youth.
(c) Because of his beauty.
(d) Because of his morality.

5. Who is the "flap-mouth’d mourner" referred to in line 920?
(a) Venus.
(b) The boar.
(c) A dog.
(d) A hunter.

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

7. As Venus "flies" toward the sound of the hunting horn, to what bird does the speaker compare her (line 1027)?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Falcon.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Lark.

8. What technique is used in line 1026, "Whereat she leaps that was but late forlorn"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Innuendo.
(c) Consonance.
(d) Oxymoron.

9. What does Venus tell Adonis will be the cause of him tripping and falling?
(a) He is distracted by love.
(b) It is dark and cloudy.
(c) Earth wants to kiss him.
(d) One of the gods is jealous.

10. What does Adonis tell Venus he primarily objects to about her professions of love?
(a) They are callous.
(b) They are unfeminine.
(c) They are dishonest.
(d) They are embarrassing.

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

12. What bird's song heralds the approach of morning?
(a) The sparrow.
(b) The robin.
(c) The thrush.
(d) The lark.

13. What technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Symbolism.

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

15. What technique is used in line 720, "'In night,' quoth she, 'desire sees best of all.'"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Epigram.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 896 and 897, "Till cheering up her senses sore dismay’d,/ She tells them ’tis a causeless fantasy," what is the antecedent of "them"?

2. 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"?

3. Which two colors dominate the description of Adonis's body?

4. In the simile discussing the impact of an earthquake on a king's subjects, what does the speaker say causes earthquakes?

5. What does Venus tell Adonis is usually unlike her?

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