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THE WITCHES MANGLING A BOY..

by Horace.

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

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The boy's opening speech is best described as an appeal to which authority or value?

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What is the primary purpose of burying the boy up to his chin near varying food?

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The simile comparing Sagana's bristling hair to 'a sea-urchin, or a boar in the chase' primarily conveys which quality?

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Canidia's complaint that her 'compositions' are 'less efficacious than those of the barbarian Medea' is best understood as a literary allusion that serves to

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The tone of Canidia's incantation addressed to 'Night and Diana' is best described as

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Which structural shift marks the turning point of the poem?

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The phrase 'Thyestean imprecations' alludes to the myth of Thyestes, which involves

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Which ingredient listed among the witches' materials specifically links their craft to a tradition of foreign, exotic poisoning?

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The boy's threat that he will attend the witches 'as a nocturnal fury' and attack their faces with 'hooked talons' draws on the Roman belief that

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The boy's final prediction that 'wolves and Esquiline vultures shall scatter abroad your unburied limbs' is most significant because

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