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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. To whom is the poem dedicated?
(a) James I.
(b) Anne Hathaway.
(c) Elizabeth I.
(d) The Earl of Southampton.

2. What metaphorical comparison is introduced when the horse crushes the bit?
(a) The horse is compared to an escaped slave.
(b) The bit is compared to logic and reason.
(c) The bit is compared to an unjust law.
(d) The horse is compared to an unruly child.

3. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?
(a) A small barn.
(b) A fenced area.
(c) A valley.
(d) A stand of trees.

4. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Mercury.
(c) Mars.
(d) Jupiter.

5. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.
(b) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(c) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.
(d) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "circuit" is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis "I have hemm’d thee here/ Within the circuit of this ivory pale" (lines 229-230)?

2. What is Adonis planning to do when he is accosted by Venus?

3. What technique is used in line 111, "Strong-temper’d steel his stronger strength obey’d"?

4. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?

5. What colors are most prominent in the first 36 stanzas of the poem?

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