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

2. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Impassive and distant.
(b) Passionate and angry.
(c) Startled and bewildered.
(d) Cold and contemptuous.

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(b) Synechdoche and metonymy.
(c) Metonymy and assonance.
(d) Assonance and alliteration.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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

4. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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