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

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

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

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

5. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Asyndeton.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

4. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

5. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?

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