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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Adonis being compared to when the speaker says he is "Like a dive-dapper" (86)?
(a) A swimmer.
(b) A duck.
(c) A fish.
(d) An osprey.

2. Which is the best definition of "bootless" in the context of line 422?
(a) Useless, pointless.
(b) Irresponsible, careless.
(c) Unmannerly, rude.
(d) Informal, casual.

3. What technique is used in line 59, " Even so she kiss’d his brow, his cheek, his chin"?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Anthimeria.

4. Which techniques are used in lines 267-268, "The bearing earth with his hard hoof he wounds/ Whose hollow womb resounds like heaven’s thunder"?
(a) Diacope and onomatopoeia.
(b) Onomatopoeia and metaphor.
(c) Metaphor and alliteration.
(d) Alliteration and diacope.

5. What does Adonis do just before he turns his head away from Venus's kiss?
(a) Moans.
(b) Shudders.
(c) Winks.
(d) Smiles.

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

7. How does Adonis view romantic love?
(a) He thinks it is chaotic and burdensome,
(b) He thinks it elevates a person spiritually.
(c) He thinks it should be reserved for marriage.
(d) He thinks it is frightening and dangerous.

8. When Venus shakes her head and then Adonis's hand, looks at him and then at the ground, what is it most reasonable to infer about her motivation?
(a) She is too distraught to know how to proceed.
(b) She is having second thoughts about her confession of love.
(c) She is attempting to distract Adonis from her real intentions.
(d) She is too shy to explain to Adonis exactly what she wants from him.

9. What technique is used when, in line 108, Venus says that Mars made "my arms his field, his tent my bed"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Metonymy.

10. Which of the poem's motifs is most clearly illustrated by line 41, "Backward she push’d him, as she would be thrust"?
(a) The contrast between passion and virtue.
(b) The difference between lust and love.
(c) The reversal of expected gender roles.
(d) Adonis's unnatural lack of desire.

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

12. What does Adonis accuse Venus of in line 53?
(a) Impulsiveness.
(b) Callousness.
(c) Violence.
(d) Immodesty.

13. What technique is used in line 432, "Ear’s deep sweet music, and heart’s deep sore wounding"?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Juxtaposition.
(d) Antimetabole.

14. To whom is Venus referring when she brags about being courted by the god of war?
(a) Apollo.
(b) Mars.
(c) Mercury.
(d) Jupiter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 79-84, what bargain does Venus try to strike with Adonis?

2. What technique is used in line 431, "Melodious discord, heavenly tune, harsh-sounding"?

3. Which is the best interpretation of "sick-thoughted Venus" in line 5?

4. What does Venus call "heavenly moisture" in line 64?

5. What event causes the speaker to say that "The night of sorrow now is turn’d to day" (line 481)?

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