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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 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?
(a) A face.
(b) A piece of armor.
(c) An eye.
(d) A weapon.

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

3. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) The graves of enemy kings.
(b) Gold and treasure.
(c) Monuments and buildings.
(d) Military weaponry.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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