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

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

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Percy Bysshe Shelley.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) William Blake.
(d) William Wordsworth.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

5. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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