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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which lines contain caesuras?

4. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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