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

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

3. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Passions.
(b) Sculptor.
(c) Visage.
(d) Lifeless things.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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 is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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

5. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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