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

2. 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) Symbolism.
(b) Personification.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Metaphor.

3. What motif recurs throughout the description of the horse's courage and desire?
(a) Flight.
(b) Justice.
(c) Water.
(d) Heat.

4. What technique is used in line 470, "For sharply he did think to reprehend her"?
(a) Epigram.
(b) Inversion.
(c) Cacophony.
(d) Euphemism.

5. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?
(a) Immodesty.
(b) Impulsiveness.
(c) Callousness.
(d) Violence.

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 technique is used in lines 432 and 433, "my ears would love/ That inward beauty and invisible"?

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).

4. Who or what is being described when the word "fetlocks" is used in line 295?

5. How does the speaker characterize Venus's lapse into unconsciousness?

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