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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Lines 217-408.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Shudders.
(b) Smiles.
(c) Winks.
(d) Moans.

2. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?
(a) The beginnings of a mustache.
(b) Beads of sweat.
(c) The residue of her own tears.
(d) The sickly green shade of his skin.

3. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Synecdoche.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Parallelism.

4. 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) Boastful.
(c) Sexual.
(d) Sarcastic.

5. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Angers.
(b) Considers.
(c) Ruins.
(d) Ignores.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in lines 401 and 402, "Who is so faint that dare not be so bold/ To touch the fire, the weather being cold?"

2. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?

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. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?

5. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?

(see the answer key)

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