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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

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by Horace.

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

Q01of 10

What role does the speaker claim for himself in the opening lines?

Q02of 10

According to the poem, what governs Jupiter's authority over sovereigns?

Q03of 10

What image does Horace use to illustrate that no amount of luxury can bring peace to a guilty or fearful man?

Q04of 10

How does the poem characterize the relationship between sleep and social status?

Q05of 10

What does the 'capacious urn' keeping every name in motion symbolize in the poem?

Q06of 10

Which of the following best describes the tone of the poem's opening declaration, 'I abominate the uninitiated vulgar'?

Q07of 10

What technique does Horace employ when listing the landowner, the political candidate, and the man with many dependants?

Q08of 10

What does the detail that 'anxiety and the threats of conscience ascend by the same way as the possessor' most directly convey?

Q09of 10

What is the function of the allusion to 'Phrygian marble,' 'Falernian vine,' and 'Persian nard' in the final section?

Q10of 10

In the closing lines, what choice does Horace explicitly make, and what does it reveal about the poem's central theme?

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