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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) Paradox.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Chiasmus.
(d) Imagery.

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

3. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To stress that these are one and the same thing.
(b) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.
(c) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.
(d) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.

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"?
(a) The history of a king.
(b) Physical characteristics.
(c) The sculptor's talent.
(d) Personality and emotion.

5. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Euphemism.
(b) Consonance.
(c) Personification.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

3. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

5. Which lines contain caesuras?

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