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

2. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) The sculptor's.
(b) Ozymandias's subjects.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) Rival kings.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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 likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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

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