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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

LINES WRITTEN IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

The opening stanza compares the human mind receiving the 'universe of things' to which of the following?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'witch Poesy' in stanza two primarily functions as what kind of literary device?

Q03of 10

Which best describes the overall structure of 'Mont Blanc'?

Q04of 10

In stanza three, the speaker asks whether 'some unknown omnipotence unfurled / The veil of life and death.' What is the most accurate paraphrase of this rhetorical question?

Q05of 10

The image of glaciers moving 'like snakes that watch their prey' is best classified as which technique?

Q06of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's final stanza (stanza five)?

Q07of 10

The closing lines ask: 'what were thou, and earth, and stars, and sea, / If to the human mind's imaginings / Silence and solitude were vacancy?' What philosophical claim do these lines most directly support?

Q08of 10

The word 'daedal' in line 86 ('the daedal earth') most likely alludes to which of the following?

Q09of 10

In stanza two, the 'unsculptured image' veiled by the ethereal waterfall most plausibly represents which of the following?

Q10of 10

Which phrase from the poem most directly describes the relationship between all living and natural things and the remote Power associated with Mont Blanc?

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