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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) "Far-off."
(b) "Foreign."
(c) "Antique."
(d) "Mystic."

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

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

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