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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) Just the head.
(b) Just the legs.
(c) The torso and head.
(d) The legs and torso.

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

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

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

5. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) Military weaponry.
(b) Gold and treasure.
(c) The graves of enemy kings.
(d) Monuments and buildings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

4. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

(see the answer key)

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