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

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

3. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.
(b) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.
(c) To stress that these are one and the same thing.
(d) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

2. 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”?

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

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

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

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