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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. 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"?
(a) The sculptor's talent.
(b) Physical characteristics.
(c) Personality and emotion.
(d) The history of a king.

2. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Two iambs and two trochees.
(b) Iambic tetrameter.
(c) Four iambs and a trochee.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

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

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

5. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) The sculptor's.
(b) Ozymandias's subjects.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) Rival kings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

2. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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