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

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(b) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(c) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.
(d) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.

4. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Egypt's King.
(b) King of Kings.
(c) All-Powerful King.
(d) Fearsome King.

5. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Rival kings.
(b) Ozymandias's.
(c) Ozymandias's subjects.
(d) The sculptor's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

2. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

3. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

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