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THE CAVE OF DEMOGORGON..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the dominant formal structure of this scene from Prometheus Unbound?

Q02of 10

When Panthea describes Demogorgon as 'rays of gloom / Dart round, as light from the meridian sun,' what poetic technique is Shelley primarily using?

Q03of 10

What theme is most centrally explored through Asia's repeated but unanswered demand 'Utter his name' (line 29)?

Q04of 10

In the speech beginning 'Who made that sense which, when the winds of Spring' (line 12), what emotional experience is Asia primarily describing?

Q05of 10

According to Asia's long speech (lines 32–108), what act by Prometheus ultimately brought Jupiter to power?

Q06of 10

What is the tone of Demogorgon's declaration 'All spirits are enslaved which serve things evil' (line 110)?

Q07of 10

The line 'the deep truth is imageless' (line 116) most directly alludes to which intellectual tradition?

Q08of 10

The second Spirit's chariot is described as 'an ivory shell inlaid with crimson fire' (line 157). What does this imagery primarily suggest about the Spirit's nature?

Q09of 10

In the closing lyric (lines 163–174), the Spirit addresses Asia as 'daughter of Ocean.' What is the rhetorical function of this epithet?

Q10of 10

Which best paraphrases Demogorgon's final substantive answer about what lies beyond Fate, Time, Occasion, Chance, and Change (lines 119–120)?

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