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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

AND CHARLOTTE CORDAY..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

The opening stanza establishes the setting primarily through which type of imagery?

Q02of 10

In lines 5–9, what does the speaker chiefly meditate on before the poem's action begins?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'mazy volume of commingling things' (line 8) most likely refers to which of the following?

Q04of 10

What structural shift occurs between stanzas covering lines 1–23 and lines 24–41?

Q05of 10

In the heavenly vision (lines 24–41), Charlotte Corday and her celestial companions are described as surpassing even which two figures?

Q06of 10

What does the repeated capitalized word 'THIS' in lines 45–46 most likely refer to?

Q07of 10

The name 'Francis' in line 51 ('Yes, Francis! thine was the dear knife') refers to what narrative element in the poem?

Q08of 10

The tone of lines 60–68, in which Satan welcomes despots to Hell, is best described as which of the following?

Q09of 10

Which literary technique is most prominent in the Chorus of Spirits (lines 74–81)?

Q10of 10

What is the central thematic argument of the poem as a whole?

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