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

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

3. 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"?
(a) The history of a king.
(b) The sculptor's talent.
(c) Physical characteristics.
(d) Personality and emotion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

3. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

4. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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