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

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

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) Alliteration.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Asyndeton.

4. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Passionate and angry.
(b) Cold and contemptuous.
(c) Impassive and distant.
(d) Startled and bewildered.

5. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 8 and 9.
(b) Lines 5 and 6.
(c) Lines 11 and 12.
(d) Lines 2 and 3.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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