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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. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Chiasmus.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Imagery.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

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

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

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

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

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