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

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

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

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

5. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.
(b) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.
(c) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.
(d) To stress that these are one and the same thing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

3. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

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

5. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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