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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Lines 811-1008.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which technique is used in line 218, "And swelling passion doth provoke a pause"?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Inversion.
(c) Antistrophe.
(d) Parallelism.

2. Toward the end of the passage, what does Venus say Adonis must do in order for her to release his hand?
(a) Give back her heart.
(b) Kiss her willingly.
(c) Admit that he desires her.
(d) Promise not to leave.

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

4. What colors are emphasized in the description of morning?
(a) Silver and gold.
(b) Blue and green.
(c) Red and white.
(d) Yellow and orange.

5. How does Venus know that the dogs are barking at a boar, bear, or lion?
(a) She cannot hear the sound of anything running through the brush.
(b) She hears the excited cries of the hunters with the dogs.
(c) The sound of their barking is stationary.
(d) The dogs sound excited and frightened.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is used in line 899, "Bids them leave quaking, bids them fear no more"?

2. How does Adonis view romantic love?

3. What is the most logical definition of "tushes" in the context of line 617, "Whose tushes never sheath’d he whetteth still"?

4. What technique is used in lines 693 and 694, "Ceasing their clamorous cry, till they have singled/ With much ado the cold fault cleanly out"?

5. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?

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