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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Lines 613-810.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the "jennet" that appears in line 260?
(a) A bird.
(b) A flower.
(c) A horse.
(d) A fox.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?

2. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?

3. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's motives as she describes hunting a rabbit?

4. What does Venus tell Adonis is usually unlike her?

5. 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)?

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