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PRYNNE AS A PRISONER, AND THEN BASTWICK..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the formal structure of this excerpt from Shelley's work?

Q02of 10

According to the sentence read by the Clerk, which punishment is NOT listed for Bastwick?

Q03of 10

In Bastwick's speech (lines 10–26), the primary rhetorical technique he employs is best described as:

Q04of 10

When Bastwick calls the sentence 'Scorn, mutilation, and imprisonment' (line 26) 'the only earthly favour,' what is the dominant tone?

Q05of 10

The imagery in lines 20–22—'your fearful state and gilt prosperity, / Which, when ye wake from the last sleep, shall turn / To cowls and robes of everlasting fire'—primarily conveys:

Q06of 10

In the fragmentary lines 27–32, the phrase 'some few tumultuous years / Will pass, and leave no wreck' most closely relates to which overarching theme?

Q07of 10

Juxon's intervention at lines 35–40, urging Laud to stop further mutilation, reveals what about Juxon's character relative to Laud's?

Q08of 10

Laud's remark 'I / Could suffer what I would inflict' (lines 43–44) is best understood as:

Q09of 10

Strafford's comment that Williams should 'taste / The bitter fruit of his connection with / The schismatics' (lines 55–57) contains an allusion most likely drawn from:

Q10of 10

Which of the following best describes the role of the character Laud as constructed by Shelley throughout this scene?

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