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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Personification.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Metonymy.

2. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) Her own kisses.
(b) Adonis's breath.
(c) Adonis's tears.
(d) The dew on the flowers.

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

4. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?
(a) Useless, pointless.
(b) Informal, casual.
(c) Unmannerly, rude.
(d) Irresponsible, careless.

5. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Savior.
(b) Lost one.
(c) Stubborn one.
(d) Beloved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?

2. What technique is used in lines 19 and 20, "not cloy thy lips with loath’d satiety,/ But rather famish them amid their plenty"?

3. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

4. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

5. 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?"

Short Essay Questions

1. As Adonis vacillates "’Twixt crimson shame and anger ashy pale" (line 76), what is the speaker saying Venus feels in lines 77 and 78, "Being red she loves him best, and being white, / Her best is better’d with a more delight"?

2. What happens when Adonis tries to get back on his horse and leave?

3. Explain the comparison made between Adonis's mouth and a "red morn" (line 453).

4. How does the mare react to the stallion at first, and how does her reaction change?

5. Throughout the first 36 stanzas, how is Adonis depicted?

6. How do Venus and Adonis end up on the ground together?

7. Explain the comparison the speaker makes between Adonis's horse and one created by an artist.

8. Explain the epic simile about an eagle in lines 55-60.

9. What plan does Adonis share with Venus just as she is finally about to let him leave her, and how does Venus react?

10. What point is Adonis making with the metaphor "Who plucks the bud before one leaf put forth?" (line 416)?

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