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

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) Future civilizations.
(b) Other kings.
(c) His subjects.
(d) His army.

3. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Lifeless things.
(b) Visage.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Passions.

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 kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Desert.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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

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

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