Episode 51 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 51: Horace and Augustan Poetry. See what you remember about Horace, Roman satire, and the literature of the Augustan Age by clicking “START” below!
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A common message in Horatian satire is:
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Which of the following is NOT an idea in the Ars Poetica?
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In comparison to the satire of Lucilius and the invectives of Catullus, Horatian satire is:
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At a couple of moments, Horace makes it clear that he is a(n):
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The Latin phrase lanx satura, which is probably where the word “satire” comes from, describes what?
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Horace believed that poetry should:
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This republican writer, widely respected during the Augustan period, adopted the epic hexameter line to write Roman satire toward the end of the 100s BCE.
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Part of the reason for Horace’s satire being rather tame, in comparison to the satire of his predecessors, was likely that:
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In one of Horace’s satires, he recollects a trip with Maecenas, the aim of which is to mend relations between Octavian and Mark Antony. The narrative also recounts Horace doing what?
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In later English literary history, Horace’s most popular works were his:
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A number of the odes that we looked at toward the end of this episode were meditations on:
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Horace believed that Lucilius was:
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A scene we read in this episode takes place in Plautus’ The Swaggering Soldier. This scene exemplifies early Greco-Roman satire’s affection for mocking:
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Horace’s father was:
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Quintilian used the phrase tota nostra to describe Roman:
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