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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. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?
(a) The dew on the flowers.
(b) Her own kisses.
(c) Adonis's breath.
(d) Adonis's tears.

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

3. What techniques are used in lines 25 and 26, "With this she seizeth on his sweating palm,/ The precedent of pith and livelihood"?
(a) Assonance and onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration and assonance.
(c) Onomatopoeia and metonymy.
(d) Metonymy and alliteration.

4. When Adonis tells Venus "Remove your siege from my unyielding heart," what metaphor used earlier in the poem does this recall (line 423)?
(a) Venus trying to persuade Adonis by bragging about having conquered the god of war.
(b) The comparison of the stallion's steamy breath to a fiery furnace of passion.
(c) Venus's comparison of Adonis to Narcissus and her warning about Narcissus's fate.
(d) The description of the silent struggle between Venus and Adonis as a "war" of looks.

5. What technique is used in line 75, "Still is he sullen, still he lours and frets"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Synecdoche.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the "copse" mentioned in line 259?

2. What is the best definition of "eyne" in line 633, "Nor thy soft hands, sweet lips, and crystal eyne"?

3. What technique is used in lines 819 and 820, "Till the wild waves will have him seen no more,/ Whose ridges with the meeting clouds contend"?

4. What critique does the speaker offer of Venus's song?

5. Which is the best interpretation of line 600, in which Venus is said "To clip Elysium and to lack her joy"?

(see the answer key)

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