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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) Lord Byron.
(d) William Blake.

2. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Fearsome King.
(b) Egypt's King.
(c) All-Powerful King.
(d) King of Kings.

3. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Mystic."
(b) "Antique."
(c) "Far-off."
(d) "Foreign."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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

3. In lines 6 and 7, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read/ Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things," what it is that is "stamped," on the "lifeless things"?

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

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

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