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

2. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To stress that these are one and the same thing.
(b) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.
(c) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.
(d) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.

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

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

5. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The traveler's.
(b) The speaker's.
(c) The sculptor's.
(d) Ozymandias's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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