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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. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) His subjects.
(b) Future civilizations.
(c) Other kings.
(d) His army.

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

4. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Desert.
(d) Savannah.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

4. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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