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

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

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Metonymy and assonance.
(b) Assonance and alliteration.
(c) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(d) Synechdoche and metonymy.

4. 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.

5. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) Just the legs.
(b) The legs and torso.
(c) The torso and head.
(d) Just the head.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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 part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

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

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

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