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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. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Rival kings.
(b) Ozymandias's subjects.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) The sculptor's.

2. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Consonance.
(c) Personification.
(d) Anaphora.

3. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Reverence and respect.
(b) Awe and fear.
(c) Anxiety and suspicion.
(d) Confidence and ambition.

4. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Passions.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Lifeless things.
(d) Visage.

5. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Parallelism.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

4. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

5. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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