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

2. What does Venus mean when she says that the stallion stood "like a jade" when he was tied to the tree (line 391)?
(a) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.
(b) He was beautiful but not useful.
(c) He was as still as a statue.
(d) He was like a broken-down cart horse.

3. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?
(a) Adonis.
(b) The stallion.
(c) The mare.
(d) Venus.

4. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?
(a) She is aware that she has dishonored her own status as a goddess and regrets her actions.
(b) She has taken a big risk and it has not paid off for her.
(c) She has come very close to paradise without being allowed to fully enjoy it.
(d) She is unable to be truly happy about a conquest brought about through deception.

5. Which technique is used in line 219, "Red cheeks and fiery eyes blaze forth her wrong"?
(a) Conceit.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Metaphor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?

2. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?

3. 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?

4. What is Venus referring to when she tells Adonis that "The tender spring upon thy tempting lip/ Shows thee unripe" (lines 127-128)?

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

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