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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

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

4. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

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

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