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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Lines 409-612.

Multiple Choice 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)?
(a) Her heart.
(b) The field.
(c) A ring of flowers.
(d) Her arms.

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

3. What does Adonis mean when he tells Venus that she can stop her tears and flattery, because in his heart, "they make no batt’ry" (line 426).
(a) Her tears and flattery are like an assault and can cause him physical harm.
(b) Her tears and flattery do not spark a fire in his heart.
(c) Her tears and flattery are incapable of sustaining love in any lasting way.
(d) Her tears and flattery cannot break down the walls around his heart.

4. To what does the speaker compare Venus finally opening her eyes after her faint?
(a) Lightning.
(b) A flower blooming.
(c) The sunrise.
(d) A leaf unfurling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?

2. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

3. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?

4. What does Venus compare Adonis to in line 8?

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?

(see the answer key)

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