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

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

3. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Reverence and respect.
(b) Anxiety and suspicion.
(c) Awe and fear.
(d) Confidence and ambition.

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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

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

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

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

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