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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) Euphemism.
(b) Consonance.
(c) Personification.
(d) Anaphora.

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

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

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?
(a) A face.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A piece of armor.
(d) An eye.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

3. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

4. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

5. 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”?

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