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

2. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Desert.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

4. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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

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