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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. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 8 and 9.
(b) Lines 2 and 3.
(c) Lines 5 and 6.
(d) Lines 11 and 12.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

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

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