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AN APARTMENT IN THE CASTLE..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What form does Shelley use to write this scene from *The Cenci*?

Q02of 10

At the opening of the scene, what is Lucretia's concern when she says 'I have not heard him groan'?

Q03of 10

Why does Olimpio say he cannot kill Count Cenci?

Q04of 10

What supernatural explanation does Marzio give for his failure to complete the murder?

Q05of 10

When Beatrice seizes the dagger and says 'I must do it,' what rhetorical technique is most prominently displayed in her preceding speech?

Q06of 10

How does Beatrice characterize the hired men's conscience in lines 26–29?

Q07of 10

What imagery does Beatrice use to describe her physical sensation after learning Count Cenci is dead?

Q08of 10

What is the dramatic purpose of the horn sounding near the end of the scene?

Q09of 10

Lucretia compares the castle horn to 'the last trump.' What does this allusion most likely suggest about her state of mind?

Q10of 10

What does Beatrice's final speech—'I scarcely need to counterfeit it now'—reveal about her psychological state at the scene's close?

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