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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 techniques are employed?
(a) Metonymy and assonance.
(b) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(c) Assonance and alliteration.
(d) Synechdoche and metonymy.

2. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Anxiety and suspicion.
(b) Awe and fear.
(c) Reverence and respect.
(d) Confidence and ambition.

3. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Ballade.
(d) Rondeau.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

2. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

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”?

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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