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Question

This poet coined the phrase purple prose in a work that compared the art of painting to the art of poetry. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this author of the Ars Poetica. This poet claimed he had built “a monument more lasting than bronze” in his collection of Odes.

ANSWER: Horace [or Quintus Horatius Flaccus]

[10h] In the Ars Poetica, Horace praises Homer for starting the Iliad from this place narratively, rather than ab ovo (“ahb OH-woah”), or from the beginning. This phrase translates to “in the middle of things.”

ANSWER: in medias res [reject “in media res”]

[10e] Horace primarily wrote in this language. Other poets in this language include Virgil, who began the Aeneid in medias res, and Ovid, the author of the Metamorphoses.

ANSWER: Latin [accept lingua Latina]

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Northern California	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	22.86	100%	71%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	18.00	100%	40%	40%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	15.45	91%	46%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	22%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	12	15.83	67%	42%	50%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	22%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	25%	50%
Northeast	Main	Y	12	20.00	100%	25%	75%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	20.00	88%	50%	63%
South Central	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	14%	43%
Southeast	Main	Y	13	17.69	92%	39%	46%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	11.25	88%	0%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	20%	40%

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Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Boss Bandit	0	10	10	20
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	Berkeley Skeleton King	0	0	10	10
Berkeley Little Prince	UCSC	10	0	10	20
Claremont A	UCLA B	10	10	10	30
UCLA E	UC Irvine	10	0	10	20
UCSD A	UCLA A	10	0	10	20
UC Santa Barbara	UCLA F	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCSD B	10	0	10	20
USC A	Claremont B	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	USC B	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Ottawa A	0	10	10	20
McGill B	McGill C	10	0	10	20
McGill E	Carleton B	0	0	10	10
Ottawa B	Ottawa D	0	10	10	20
Carleton A	Ottawa C	10	0	10	20
Toronto I	Brock A	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Guelph A	10	10	10	30
Queen's A	McMaster C	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Toronto A	10	0	10	20
Toronto D	Toronto B	10	0	10	20
Waterloo C	Toronto G	0	0	10	10
Toronto F	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
Waterloo A	Toronto C	10	10	10	30
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
South Florida A	ERAU Daytona A	0	10	10	20
Florida Tech A	Florida A	0	10	10	20
UCF A	Florida B	10	0	10	20
Florida State A	Florida Tech B	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	Michigan D	10	10	10	30
CWRU B	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
CWRU D	Michigan State A	0	0	10	10
Michigan State D	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Louisville B	0	0	10	10
Louisville D	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
Louisville C	Michigan C	10	0	10	20
Ohio State C	Michigan State B	10	0	10	20
Michigan State C	Michigan A	0	0	10	10
Ohio State B	Pittsburgh	10	0	10	20
WVU B	Ohio State A	0	0	0	0
William & Mary B	Duke A	0	0	10	10
JMU B	Liberty C	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech B	NCSU A	0	10	10	20
NCSU B	Tusculum A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary A	UNC A	0	10	10	20
UNC C	UNC D	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech C	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Virginia A	0	10	10	20
William & Mary C	JMU A	10	10	10	30
George Mason C	Stony Brook	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins	Columbia A	0	10	10	20
NYU C	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Maryland C	Lehigh A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	George Mason B	10	10	10	30
Vassar B	Penn	0	0	0	0
Princeton	Maryland A	0	0	10	10
Rowan	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A	Vassar A	10	10	10	30
Maryland B	Rutgers B	10	0	10	20
Rutgers C	NYU B	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Rutgers D	10	0	10	20
WashU Grizzlers	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Illinois Canada	Illinois Blue	0	0	10	10
William Woods University A	Illinois Champaign	0	10	10	20
Iowa A	Illinois Urbana	10	0	10	20
Indiana A	Purdue B	0	0	10	10
Indiana B	Chicago A	0	0	10	10
Purdue D	Iowa B	0	0	10	10
WashU Grolars	Rose-Hulman A	10	10	10	30
Minnesota	Michigan Tech	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	St. Thomas	0	0	10	10
Wisconsin A	Macalester	10	10	10	30
Wisconsin C	Wisconsin B	0	0	10	10
Purdue C	Illinois Orange	0	0	10	10
Amherst A	Williams B	10	10	10	30
Boston College A	Tufts B	0	10	10	20
Vermont A	Boston College B	0	10	10	20
Boston University B	Brandeis Beethoven	0	10	10	20
Brandeis Mozart	Vermont B	0	0	10	10
Brown A	Tufts C	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth A	Amherst B	10	0	10	20
Dartmouth B	Boston University A	0	10	10	20
Dartmouth C	MIT B	0	10	10	20
UConn A	Tufts A	0	0	10	10
Williams A	Southern Connecticut State University A	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Williams C	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington Sockeye	Boise State	0	10	10	20
British Columbia A	Washington Atlantic	10	0	10	20
Texas	Arizona State B	0	0	10	10
Washington Coho	Washington Chinook	10	10	0	20
Alberta B	Washington Masu	0	10	10	20
Washington Pink	Washington State	10	10	10	30
Central Oklahoma B	Rose State	0	10	10	20
Kansas State A	Harding	0	0	10	10
Tulsa B	Kansas State B	0	0	10	10
Nebraska A	Murray State College B	0	10	10	20
Murray State College A	Nebraska B	10	0	10	20
Tulsa A	Nebraska C	0	10	10	20
Central Oklahoma A	Oklahoma	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Clemson A	10	0	10	20
Auburn B	Tennessee Tech	10	10	10	30
Auburn C	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Tennessee B	0	10	10	20
Clemson C	Montevallo	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech F	Emory A	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Georgia Tech E	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	10	0	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech B	0	0	10	10
Sewanne	Georgia Tech D	0	0	10	10
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Chipola College	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt C	0	0	10	10
Durham A	Durham B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh A	Durham C	0	10	10	20
Sheffield A	Durham D	0	0	10	10
Sheffield B	Edinburgh C	0	0	10	10
York	Edinburgh B	10	0	10	20
British Columbia B	Alberta A	0	0	10	10
Bristol	Cardiff	0	10	0	10
Southampton	Cambridge A	0	0	10	10
Cambridge C	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Cambridge E	Oxford	0	0	10	10
Imperial A	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Imperial C	Cambridge B	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	Imperial D	0	0	10	10
Warwick	LSE	0	0	10	10
Cornell D	Binghamton A	10	0	10	20
Binghamton B	Cornell B	0	10	10	20
Cornell A	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
RIT B	ESF	0	0	10	10
Rochester	RIT A	0	0	10	10