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

2. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) Just the head.
(b) The legs and torso.
(c) Just the legs.
(d) The torso and head.

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

4. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Rondeau.
(b) Ballade.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Sonnet.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

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

5. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

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