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ENTER THREE ARCHANGELS..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the overall structural form of the opening section of this poem?

Q02of 10

In Raphael's opening speech, the image of the sun rolling on 'its predestined circle' primarily conveys which idea?

Q03of 10

Michael's speech differs from Raphael's and Gabriel's chiefly in that it

Q04of 10

Mephistopheles describes humanity with which central image to mock human pretension?

Q05of 10

When The Lord says He will 'lead him forth to the clear day,' the gardener simile that follows functions primarily as

Q06of 10

Which best describes the tone of Mephistopheles' opening speech to The Lord?

Q07of 10

Mephistopheles' reference to 'my old paramour, the famous Snake' is an allusion to

Q08of 10

What is the precise wager struck between The Lord and Mephistopheles regarding Faust?

Q09of 10

Shelley's note states that even in translation 'the volatile strength and delicacy of the ideas escape in the crucible of translation, and the reader is surprised to find a caput mortuum.' The phrase 'caput mortuum' refers to

Q10of 10

The Chorus of the Three repeats and slightly varies lines first spoken by Raphael. What is the primary thematic effect of this choral repetition?

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