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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. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The traveler's.
(b) The speaker's.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) The sculptor's.

2. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Confidence and ambition.
(b) Anxiety and suspicion.
(c) Reverence and respect.
(d) Awe and fear.

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

4. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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”?

4. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

5. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

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