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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

OTHO..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

The poem is structured as two eight-line stanzas. What is the rhyme scheme of each stanza?

Q02of 10

In stanza 1, what is the primary purpose of invoking Cassius and Brutus?

Q03of 10

The phrase 'At once the tyrant and tyrannicide' is best described as what literary device?

Q04of 10

The speaker directly addresses Cassius in line 1 using the pronoun 'thou.' This technique is known as:

Q05of 10

What does 'he who dared make the foul tyrant quail / Amid his cowering senate' most likely refer to?

Q06of 10

The tone of the closing lines—'full of gentle pride, / Such pride as from impetuous love may spring'—is best described as:

Q07of 10

According to the poem, what does Otho do that 'sanctified his country's steel'?

Q08of 10

The poem's central thematic argument is that Otho deserves lasting fame because:

Q09of 10

In line 9, the phrase 'thou wouldst, if thou couldst feel' implies which of the following about Cassius?

Q10of 10

Which word in the poem did Garnett conjecture should replace the 1839 first-edition reading 'buy' in line 13?

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