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

2. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Consonance.
(d) Personification.

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

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

5. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The speaker's.
(b) The sculptor's.
(c) The traveler's.
(d) Ozymandias's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

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

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

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