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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: Lines 1009-1194.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In line 1043, what is the speaker comparing to "a king perplexed in his throne"?
(a) Death.
(b) Venus's brain.
(c) Adonis's stallion.
(d) The boar.
2. Whom does Venus address as a "clear god" (line 860)?
(a) The sun.
(b) The sky.
(c) The wind.
(d) The morning.
3. As Venus "flies" toward the sound of the hunting horn, to what bird does the speaker compare her (line 1027)?
(a) Sparrow.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Falcon.
(d) Lark.
4. When Venus asks Adonis "Is thine own heart to thine own face affected?" whose story is she alluding to (157)?
(a) Icarus.
(b) Narcissus.
(c) Pygmalion.
(d) The Minotaur.
5. What does the speaker compare to caves?
(a) Adonis's dimples.
(b) Venus's arguments.
(c) Adonis's heart and mind.
(d) Venus's eyes.
Short Answer Questions
1. To what does Venus compare the fear of a person in love?
2. 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).
3. Which is the most reasonable interpretation of Venus's motives as she describes hunting a rabbit?
4. In the simile discussing the impact of an earthquake on a king's subjects, what does the speaker say causes earthquakes?
5. Where does Venus go first thing in the morning?
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