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HYMN TO APOLLO..

by Horace.

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

Q01of 10

What structural role does the myth of Achilles play in the poem's overall argument?

Q02of 10

The simile comparing Achilles to 'a pine smitten with the burning ax' chiefly conveys which of the following?

Q03of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of the phrase '(oh impious! oh!)' when Horace imagines Achilles burning Trojan infants?

Q04of 10

According to the poem, what prevented Achilles from utterly destroying Troy and dooming Aeneas?

Q05of 10

The epithet 'lyrist Phoebus, tutor of the harmonious Thalia' primarily functions to do which of the following?

Q06of 10

When Horace writes 'Phoebus gave me genius, Phoebus the art of composing verse,' he is employing which literary technique?

Q07of 10

The poem's closing image of a bride declaring she 'recited an ode acceptable to the gods' primarily serves which thematic purpose?

Q08of 10

The references to Niobe, Tityus, and Achilles at the poem's opening collectively establish Apollo as which of the following?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'observe the Lesbian measure, and the motion of my thumb' directs the youth to do which of the following?

Q10of 10

Which figure in the poem is described as goddess of the night who is 'propitious to the fruits, and expeditious in rolling on the precipitate months'?

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