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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. Which is the best definition for "Fondling" as used in line 229?
(a) Lost one.
(b) Beloved.
(c) Stubborn one.
(d) Savior.

2. What event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?
(a) The stallion returns to Adonis.
(b) Helios feels jealous of Adonis.
(c) Venus agrees to let Adonis leave.
(d) Adonis kisses Venus.

3. What does the speaker compare to caves?
(a) Venus's arguments.
(b) Adonis's dimples.
(c) Adonis's heart and mind.
(d) Venus's eyes.

4. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Pygmalion.
(b) Narcissus.
(c) The Minotaur.
(d) Icarus.

5. What characteristic of the boar does Venus's description primarily stress?
(a) It is cunning and deceptive.
(b) It is ugly inside and out.
(c) It is divinely protected.
(d) It is well-armed for battle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?

2. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?

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

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

5. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?

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