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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Lines 811-1008.

Multiple Choice 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?"
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Symbolism.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Personification.

2. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?
(a) It is cunning.
(b) It demonstrates Venus's sincerity.
(c) It is unsurprising.
(d) It demonstrates Venus's soft heart.

3. What is the best definition of "eyne" in line 633, "Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne"?
(a) Voice.
(b) Breath.
(c) Skin.
(d) Eyes.

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

5. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?
(a) Onomatopoeia and metonymy.
(b) Metonymy and alliteration.
(c) Alliteration and assonance.
(d) Assonance and onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which is the best summary of the meaning conveyed by the stanza that describes Venus's competing feelings of hope and despair?

3. What is making the sounds referred to in lines 847 and 848, "For who hath she to spend the night withal,/ But idle sounds resembling parasites"?

4. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?

5. What does the speaker compare to a grinning wolf and a bullet?

(see the answer key)

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