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

2. 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."

3. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Parallelism.

4. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Swampland.
(c) Desert.
(d) Mountains.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

4. 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"?

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

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