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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 part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) The legs and torso.
(b) Just the legs.
(c) The torso and head.
(d) Just the head.

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

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”?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

5. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Consonance.
(b) Euphemism.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Personification.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

5. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

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