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

2. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The brow.
(b) The jaw.
(c) The mouth.
(d) The eyes.

3. 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.

4. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Consonance.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Personification.
(d) Anaphora.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

2. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

4. 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"?

5. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

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