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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. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Desert.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Savannah.

2. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Startled and bewildered.
(b) Passionate and angry.
(c) Impassive and distant.
(d) Cold and contemptuous.

3. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) The graves of enemy kings.
(b) Military weaponry.
(c) Monuments and buildings.
(d) Gold and treasure.

4. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 2 and 3.
(b) Lines 8 and 9.
(c) Lines 5 and 6.
(d) Lines 11 and 12.

5. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?
(a) William Blake.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) William Wordsworth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

2. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

3. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

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

5. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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