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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "Ozymandias" lines 1-14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Foreign."
(b) "Mystic."
(c) "Far-off."
(d) "Antique."

2. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Egypt's King.
(b) All-Powerful King.
(c) King of Kings.
(d) Fearsome King.

3. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.
(b) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(c) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(d) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) Other kings.
(b) Future civilizations.
(c) His army.
(d) His subjects.

5. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Iambic pentameter.
(b) Two iambs and two trochees.
(c) Iambic tetrameter.
(d) Four iambs and a trochee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

4. In lines 6 and 7, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read/ Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things," what it is that is "stamped," on the "lifeless things"?

5. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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