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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) Fearsome King.
(b) Egypt's King.
(c) King of Kings.
(d) All-Powerful King.

2. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?
(a) William Wordsworth.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(d) William Blake.

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

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

5. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Paradox.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

3. Which lines contain caesuras?

4. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

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

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