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

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

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

4. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The traveler's.
(b) The speaker's.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) The sculptor's.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

3. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?

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

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

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