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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Besides being goddess of the moon and the hunt, what significant power was Cynthia believed to possess?
(a) The power to increase crop yields.
(b) The power to cause memory loss and hallucinations.
(c) The power to cause sudden illness and death.
(d) The power to control the weather.

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

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of what Venus means when she asks "Where did I leave?” and Adonis replies “No matter where" (line 715)?
(a) She is asking where she and Adonis were when she first told him that he could leave for the night.
(b) She is asking where Adonis intends to go once he leaves her that evening.
(c) She is asking what she was saying before her train of thought was interrupted.
(d) She is asking Adonis to explain what he means when he accuses her of wanting to leave.

4. What technique is used in line 1138, "Find sweet beginning, but unsavoury end"?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Paralepsis.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Anthimeria.

5. What does Venus say the boar is looking for with its "downward eye" (line 1106)?
(a) A grave.
(b) A bed.
(c) Its prey.
(d) Its foes.

6. 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) Personification.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Synecdoche.
(d) Simile.

7. Which is the most logical interpretation of the phase "her sight dazzling" when Venus is looking at Adonis's body in line 1064?
(a) Venus's vision has begun to blur and swim.
(b) Venus's eyes still mislead her into thinking lust is love.
(c) Venus finds Adonis beautiful even in death.
(d) Venus's eyes seem to glitter like jewels.

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

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

10. 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"?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Joy.
(c) Justice.
(d) Calm.

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

12. Where does Venus go first thing in the morning?
(a) A mossy hillock.
(b) A myrtle grove.
(c) A copse of oaks.
(d) A garden pond.

13. What does Venus compare to an informer and a spy?
(a) Lust.
(b) Love.
(c) Conscience.
(d) Jealousy.

14. 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) Diacope.
(b) Simile.
(c) Malapropism.
(d) Euphony.

15. 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) Alliteration.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Tone.
(d) Diction.

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 is the best definition of "eyne" in line 633, "Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne"?

3. What is Venus compared to when she hears the sound of the hunting dogs baying?

4. What does Venus tell Adonis will be the cause of him tripping and falling?

5. Who is the "flap-mouth’d mourner" referred to in line 920?

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