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JULIAN AND MADDALO..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form of 'Julian and Maddalo'?

Q02of 10

Which of the following best describes the central thematic debate between Julian and Maddalo?

Q03of 10

In the poem, what does the bell of the madhouse on the lagoon island primarily function as?

Q04of 10

How does Shelley characterize the speaker Julian in the poem's preface and opening sections?

Q05of 10

The madman's prolonged speeches in the poem serve which primary narrative purpose?

Q06of 10

Which literary technique is most evident in the line describing how they 'might be all / We dream of happy, high, majestical'?

Q07of 10

The textual note indicates that the 'three-dots' point in the Hunt manuscript 'serves to mark a pause longer than that of a full stop.' What is the most likely poetic reason Shelley employed this device?

Q08of 10

Maddalo's character is partly modelled on a real historical figure. Which person did Shelley primarily use as the basis for Maddalo?

Q09of 10

At the close of the poem, Julian returns years later and learns of the fates of Maddalo and the madman. What is the effect of ending the poem this way?

Q10of 10

According to the textual notes, which manuscript is used as the primary authority for several disputed readings in this edition of the poem?

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