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

2. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Savannah.
(c) Desert.
(d) Mountains.

3. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Mystic."
(b) "Antique."
(c) "Far-off."
(d) "Foreign."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

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

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

5. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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