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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. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's characterization of Adonis as having a "mermaid's voice" (line 429)?
(a) She is dismissing his perspective as too feminine.
(b) She is alluding to the mythological sirens.
(c) She is warning him that his voice can be snatched away.
(d) She is comparing his voice to the sound of the ocean.

2. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?
(a) Venus is sick with love for Adonis.
(b) Venus cannot think clearly because she is ill.
(c) Venus's thoughts are evil.
(d) Venus's thoughts are unnatural.

3. What is the definition of "recketh" in the line "What recketh he his rider’s angry stir" (line 283)?
(a) Ruins.
(b) Ignores.
(c) Angers.
(d) Considers.

4. 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 beautiful but not useful.
(b) He was like a broken-down cart horse.
(c) He was more valuable before he revealed his rebellious streak.
(d) He was as still as a statue.

5. Which is the best definition of "even" in Venus's question "What hour is this? or morn or weary even" (line 495)?
(a) Evening.
(b) At the same time.
(c) Equal.
(d) Level.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Adonis react to Venus's comparison of herself to a park?

3. To what does Venus compare her own lips when she says that Adonis's lips are "sweet seals in my soft lips imprinted" (line 511)?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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