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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 rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.
(b) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(d) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

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

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