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PRINCE ATHANASE..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

Which best describes the overall structure of 'Prince Athanase' as Shelley left it?

Q02of 10

In the revised Bodleian manuscript passage, the relationship between Prince Athanase and his old mentor ultimately reverses. What happens to that dynamic?

Q03of 10

The image of 'clouds athwart a grassy hill / Outrun the winds that chase them' is used in the revised passage to illustrate which idea?

Q04of 10

According to the editorial notes, what is the significance of the Bodleian manuscript reading 'an ever-living woe' in line 74?

Q05of 10

What does the unfinished quality of 'Prince Athanase'—particularly its abrupt ending—contribute to the poem's dominant theme?

Q06of 10

The old mentor is described with 'eyes whose arrowy light / Was the reflex of many minds.' This image primarily conveys which quality?

Q07of 10

Which tonal quality most consistently characterizes the portrayal of Prince Athanase throughout the poem's surviving fragments?

Q08of 10

The editorial note on line 154 corrects the 1824 and 1839 editions' reading of 'beneath the chestnuts' to 'She saw between the chestnuts.' What kind of textual error does this illustrate?

Q09of 10

Lines reappearing across 'Prometheus Unbound' and 'The Cenci' suggest which of the following about Shelley's compositional practice?

Q10of 10

Based on the poem's context, what is Prince Athanase's central predicament?

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