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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 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”?
(a) Antithesis.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Asyndeton.

2. 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 speaker's.
(d) The traveler's.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

2. In lines 6 and 7, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read/ Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things," what it is that is "stamped," on the "lifeless things"?

3. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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