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

2. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Iambic tetrameter.
(b) Four iambs and a trochee.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Two iambs and two trochees.

3. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare/ The lone and level sands stretch far away”?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Alliteration.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

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

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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

5. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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