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Storgy

Quiz — Storgy

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by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

Q01of 10

What is the primary structural form Shelley uses in the translation from Virgil's Fourth Georgic?

Q02of 10

In the Eclogue X translation, the speaker invokes 'Melodious Arethusa' at the opening. Arethusa is most accurately described as:

Q03of 10

The line 'We sing not to the deaf: the wild woods knew' primarily expresses which idea?

Q04of 10

In the Eclogue X fragment, Lycoris is described as pursuing 'another' amid 'rude camps and Alpine snow.' What does this detail reveal about Gallus's situation?

Q05of 10

Shelley's simile 'the cloven waters like a chasm of mountains / Stood' (Georgic fragment) is best described as what type of figurative language?

Q06of 10

The catalogue of rivers in the Georgic fragment (Phasis, Lycus, Enipeus, Tiber, Caicus, Hypanis, Eridanus) serves chiefly to:

Q07of 10

Pan's arrival in the Eclogue X fragment, 'crowned with rustic coronals… shaking… budding wands / And heavy lilies,' contributes primarily to which thematic element?

Q08of 10

The closing lines 'The meadows with fresh streams… / Are saturated not—nor Love with tears' use which rhetorical device?

Q09of 10

Eridanus is described with 'Two golden horns upon thy taurine brow.' The word 'taurine' most directly signals:

Q10of 10

Both fragments share an overall tone that can best be described as:

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