Fill in the blank. The plot of "Venus and Adonis" is based on passages from_____________?
Correct answer: C. Ovid's Metamorphoses
- A. The Bible
- B. A Christopher Marlowe play
- C. Ovid's Metamorphoses
- D. An early Shakespeare play
Explanation
Shakespeare’s narrative poem retells the story of Venus and Adonis from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, especially Book 10. The poem is therefore based on a classical Roman source rather than the Bible or another Shakespeare play.
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