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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. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?
(a) An eye.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A piece of armor.
(d) A face.

2. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(b) Assonance and alliteration.
(c) Synechdoche and metonymy.
(d) Metonymy and assonance.

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

4. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The brow.
(b) The mouth.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The jaw.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

5. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

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