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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. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

2. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) Just the head.
(b) The legs and torso.
(c) The torso and head.
(d) Just the legs.

3. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) Gold and treasure.
(b) The graves of enemy kings.
(c) Monuments and buildings.
(d) Military weaponry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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"?

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

5. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

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