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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. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Foreign."
(b) "Mystic."
(c) "Antique."
(d) "Far-off."

2. 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.

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

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

5. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The eyes.
(b) The mouth.
(c) The jaw.
(d) The brow.

Short Answer Questions

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

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 kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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