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

2. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The jaw.
(b) The brow.
(c) The mouth.
(d) The eyes.

4. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Rondeau.
(b) Ballade.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Sonnet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "passions" are referred to 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. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

4. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

5. 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"?

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