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

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

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

4. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) The torso and head.
(b) Just the head.
(c) Just the legs.
(d) The legs and torso.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

4. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

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

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