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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. When Venus suddenly has hope that Adonis is alive, who is the "rash suspect" that she "doth extenuate" (line 1009)?
(a) Adonis.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) The boar.

2. What does Venus say will die with Adonis?
(a) Beauty.
(b) Love.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Death.

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

4. What is the most logical definition of "tushes" in the context of line 617, "Whose tushes never sheath’d he whetteth still"?
(a) Hooves.
(b) Knives.
(c) Touches.
(d) Tusks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the conceit that Venus concludes her speech with near the end of the poem, what two things are compared?

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

3. What does Venus tell Adonis is usually unlike her?

4. 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"?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the description of the colors around the boar's mouth?

2. How does Adonis contrast love and lust?

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

4. Describe the details of Venus's vision of Adonis and the boar.

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

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

7. How does Venus's attitude toward death change when she believes that Adonis is alive?

8. What is conveyed by the personification and the simile in the passage where Venus runs through the brush toward the sounds of Adonis's hunting party?

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

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

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