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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. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Consonance.
(d) Euphemism.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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