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AN APARTMENT IN THE CENCI PALACE..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What does Count Cenci agree to give up in exchange for the Pope suppressing news of the murder?

Q02of 10

Which best describes the dramatic form of this text?

Q03of 10

In lines 49–51, Camillo compares his observation of Cenci's youth to watching meteors. What does this image primarily convey?

Q04of 10

Cenci claims he stays silent about his own crimes and keeps Camillo silent through two specific forces. What are they?

Q05of 10

What is the central theme most prominently developed through Cenci's long self-revelation in lines 66–116?

Q06of 10

In lines 113–116, Cenci uses the image of the body as 'a strong prison' for the soul. What does this reveal about his preferred method of cruelty?

Q07of 10

What tone dominates Cenci's soliloquy after Camillo and Andrea exit in lines 126–146?

Q08of 10

The phrase 'tears bitterer than the bloody sweat of Christ' (line 113) is an example of which technique?

Q09of 10

Camillo tells Cenci: 'How hideously look deeds of lust and blood / Through those snow white and venerable hairs!' What is the primary rhetorical function of this image?

Q10of 10

At the very end of the scene, Cenci instructs Andrea to bid Beatrice attend him 'at midnight and alone.' What is the dramatic significance of this instruction?

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