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TO CALLIOPE..

by Horace.

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

Q01of 10

The speaker opens by asking Calliope to descend and perform using one of several instruments. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a possible mode of performance in the opening lines?

Q02of 10

When the speaker asks 'Do ye hear? or does a pleasing frenzy delude me?' the primary rhetorical effect is to:

Q03of 10

The childhood anecdote set at Apulian Vultur serves mainly to demonstrate which theme?

Q04of 10

The line 'not the army put to flight at Philippi' is best understood as a reference to:

Q05of 10

Which literary technique is most clearly demonstrated by the phrase 'a Palinurus in the Sicilian Sea'?

Q06of 10

The poem's central structural movement can best be described as:

Q07of 10

When Horace writes that 'force, void of conduct, falls by its own weight,' the primary moral argument he advances is:

Q08of 10

The imagery of sacred laurel and myrtle covering the sleeping child most likely symbolizes:

Q09of 10

How does the speaker's tone shift when describing the fate of Tityus, Pirithous, and the Titans?

Q10of 10

The description of Caesar resting in 'the Pierian grotto' after distributing his troops serves to:

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