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Quiz — Storgy

TO MENAS..

by Horace.

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

Q01of 10

What animal comparison does Horace use at the opening to describe his feeling toward Menas?

Q02of 10

The phrase 'galled at your back with Spanish cords' is primarily an allusion to Menas's:

Q03of 10

What does Horace mean when he says 'fortune does not alter your birth'?

Q04of 10

What physical detail of Menas's appearance does Horace mock on the sacred way?

Q05of 10

What is the tone of the passersby's reaction to Menas on the sacred way?

Q06of 10

The detail that Menas 'plows a thousand acres of Falernian land' chiefly serves to:

Q07of 10

What rule does Menas violate by sitting 'in the first rows' of the circus, according to the poem's context?

Q08of 10

What is the primary rhetorical purpose of the poem's closing question about brazen-beaked ships?

Q09of 10

The phrase 'cut with the triumvir's whips, even till the beadle was sick' emphasizes:

Q10of 10

Which best describes the overall structural movement of Horace's poem?

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