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

2. What type of human does Venus compare the boar to?
(a) A thief.
(b) A butcher.
(c) A hangman.
(d) A soldier.

3. In the context of the comparison of Adonis's departure to the departure of a friend onboard ship, which of the following words functions as a pun?
(a) Fold.
(b) Pitchy.
(c) Merciless.
(d) Contend.

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

5. How does Venus characterize animals like the lion, tiger, and wolf when in Adonis's presence?
(a) Jealous.
(b) Predatory.
(c) Tame.
(d) Fearful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does line 972 compare to "many clouds consulting for foul weather"?

2. What is the most logical definition of "tushes" in the context of line 617, "Whose tushes never sheath’d he whetteth still"?

3. Which techniques are used in line 838, "love is wise in folly foolish witty"?

4. What techniques are used in lines 1015 and 1016, "“O love!” quoth she, “how much a fool was I,/ To be of such a weak and silly mind"?

5. What technique is used in lines 629 and 630, "The thorny brambles and embracing bushes/ As fearful of him, part"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Venus suggest Adonis do if he insists on hunting on the following day?

2. What criticism does the speaker make of lovers' stories?

3. What is the meaning of Venus's comments about veils and bonnets after Adonis's death?

4. Why does Venus say that nature should be convicted of treason, and what is Cynthia's plan to thwart what nature has done?

5. What does Venus say about death when she thinks that Adonis has died?

6. What trick do Venus's eyes play on her after she has been looking at Adonis's body for a few minutes?

7. After Adonis's death, what does Venus predict about love?

8. What happens to Venus's eyes when she first sees Adonis's dead body?

9. What does Venus tell Adonis about his beauty and the boar?

10. What happens to Adonis's body at the end of the poem, and how does Venus respond?

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