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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

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