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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. Which is the best characterization of the connotations of Venus's description of "fountains" (line 234) and "rising hillocks" in her description of the park (line 237)?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Boastful.
(c) Comforting.
(d) Sexual.

2. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?
(a) Blue.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Purple.

3. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?
(a) White and purple.
(b) Red and white.
(c) Blue and red.
(d) Purple and blue.

4. What technique is used in lines 254 and 255, "Her words are done, her woes the more increasing;/ The time is spent, her object will away"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Paradox.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

2. Which technique is used in lines 221 and 222, "And now she weeps, and now she fain would speak/ And now her sobs do her intendments break"?

3. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?

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

5. What technique is used in line 432, "Ear’s deep sweet music, and heart’s deep sore wounding"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the stanza form in Venus and Adonis.

2. What is Venus's purpose in talking about her relationship with the god of war?

3. In lines 131 and 132, what does Venus mean when she tells Adonis that "Fair flowers that are not gather’d in their prime/ Rot, and consume themselves in little time"?

4. Throughout the passage, which participants in a trial is Venus compared to?

5. What does Venus tell Adonis would happen if their positions were reversed?

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

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

8. How does Adonis eventually end up kissing Venus?

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

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