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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

2. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

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

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

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

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