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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Lines 613-810.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of what Venus means when she asks "Where did I leave?” and Adonis replies “No matter where" (line 715)?
(a) She is asking Adonis to explain what he means when he accuses her of wanting to leave.
(b) She is asking what she was saying before her train of thought was interrupted.
(c) She is asking where she and Adonis were when she first told him that he could leave for the night.
(d) She is asking where Adonis intends to go once he leaves her that evening.

3. 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) Comforting.
(b) Sarcastic.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Boastful.

4. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.
(b) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.
(c) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.
(d) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.

5. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A bird.
(b) A horse.
(c) A fox.
(d) A flower.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Venus to fall to the ground, unconscious?

2. What does Adonis tell Venus is the only thing he could love?

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

4. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?

5. What color is most prominent in the description of Venus kneeling before Adonis and putting her hand on his cheek?

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