View a FREE sample

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

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

3. How does Adonis feel after Venus falls unconscious?
(a) Amused.
(b) Satisfied.
(c) Skeptical.
(d) Guilty.

4. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.
(b) It is unsurprising.
(c) It is cunning.
(d) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.

5. 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) Purple.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

2. According to the speaker, what is the one thing that the horse lacks?

3. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?

4. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?

5. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Venus tell Adonis he can learn from his horse?

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

3. What does Venus convey in the speech about her senses that begins in line 433, "Had I no eyes but ears"?

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

5. 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"?

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

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

8. How does Adonis eventually end up kissing Venus?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 954 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample