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What is a soliloquy?
(1 point)
the series of events that occur in a literary work
a central and unifying idea in a literary work
the act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud
an unexplained reference to something or someone outside the text, including another literary work
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The Metamorphoses
by Ovid
THE Hæmonian mothers and aged fathers bringpresents, for receiving their son’s safe home; andfrankincense dissolves, piled on the flames, and thedevoted victim falls, having its horns gilded. ButÆson is not among those congratulating, being nownear death, and worn out with the years of old age;when thus the son of Æson addresses Medea: “Owife, to whom I confess that I owe my safety,although thou hast granted me everything, and thesum of thy favors exceeds all belief; still, if thyenchantments can effect this (and what canenchantments not effect?), take away from my ownyears, and, when taken, add them to those of myfather.”
And thus saying, he could not check his tears. Shewas moved with the affection of the petitioner; andher father, Æetes, left behind, recurred to her mind,unlike that of Jason; yet she did not confess anysuch feelings. “What a piece of wickedness,husband,” said she, “has escaped thy affectionatelips! Can I, then, seem capable of transferring to anyone a portion of thy life? May Hecate not allow ofthis; nor dost thou ask what is reasonable; but,Jason, I will endeavor to grant thee a favor stillgreater than that which thou art asking. By my artswe will endeavor to bring back the long years of myfather-in-law, and not by means of thy years; if theGoddess of the triple form do but assist, andpropitiously aid so vast an undertaking.”
"The Metamorphoses" by Ovid
A)
Use the excerpt from
Metamorphoses
by Ovidto answer the question.
What is the purpose of the soliloquy in thispassage?
(1 point)
to introduce the reader to the character of
Jason
to disclose a plan that is better than what
Jason requested
to show Jason is willing to lose years of
life to help his father
to show how much Jason believes in
Medea’s magical abilities
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4
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What is iambic pentameter?
(1 point)
a specific type of prose that has ten syllables per line
an author’s arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed and meaningful sentences
a line of verse with five beats, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed
syllable
an author’s choice of words
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Which answer choice is written in iambic pentameter?
(1 point)
And thrice does she purify the aged man with flames, thrice with water, and thrice with sulphur.
Now does my project gather to a head:
She orders the son of Æson to go far thence, and the attendants, too, to go afar;
I did say so,
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The Metamorphoses
by Ovid
Jason, after his return home, requests Medea torestore his father Æson to youth, which sheperforms; then, going to the court of Pelias, sheavenges the injuries which he had done to the familyof Jason, by making him the victim of the credulity ofhis own daughters, who, in compliance with herpretended regard for them, stab him to death.Medea, having executed her design, makes herescape in her chariot.
"The Metamorphoses" by Ovid
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Use the paragraph to answer the question.
Which answer choice accurately paraphrasesthe paragraph?
(1 point)
Jason returns home, and Medea makes
his father young again. As retribution for
the wrongs done to Jason’s family by
Pelias, Medea convinces Pelias’s
daughters to kill him, and then Medea
leaves.
Medea helps Jason return home and
enables Æson to become young again.
Then, she convinces the daughters of
Pelias to doubt their father.
Jason returns home and asks Medea to
restore his youth. Medea then travels to
the court of Pelias and makes friends with
his daughters, who eventually stabs him
to death.
After returning home, Jason helps restore
Æson’s youth. Medea travels to the court
of Pelias, where she makes his daughters
doubt and then kill him.

Answer 1

Here are the answers to your questions based on the provided text and context:

Question 1 A) What is a soliloquy?

• Answer: the act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud

Question 2 What is the purpose of the soliloquy in this passage?

• Answer: to show how much Jason believes in Medea’s magical abilities

Question 3 A) What is iambic pentameter?

• Answer: a line of verse with five beats, each consisting of one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

Question 4 Which answer choice is written in iambic pentameter?

• Answer: Now does my project gather to a head:

Question 5 Which answer choice accurately paraphrases the paragraph?

• Answer: Jason returns home, and Medea makes his father young again. As retribution for the wrongs done to Jason’s family by Pelias, Medea convinces Pelias’s daughters to kill him, and then Medea leaves.