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AGAINST THE EPICURIANS..

by Horace.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What philosophical school does the speaker confess to having followed before his change of heart?

Q02of 10

What natural phenomenon most directly triggers the speaker's religious reconversion?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the poem's overall tone?

Q04of 10

The phrase 'rapacious fortune, with a shrill whizzing' is best understood as an example of which poetic technique?

Q05of 10

What does the image of the 'plume' being moved from one head to another most likely represent?

Q06of 10

Taenarus and Atlas are mentioned in the same passage. What is their shared function in the poem?

Q07of 10

The speaker describes himself as 'a remiss and irregular worshiper.' What does this self-characterization establish?

Q08of 10

The line 'to set sail back again, and to renew the course' uses which structural device to describe the speaker's spiritual return?

Q09of 10

According to the poem, what is Jupiter's relationship to social hierarchy?

Q10of 10

Which word best captures what 'senseless philosophy' refers to in the poem's opening lines?

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