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

2. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The sculptor's.
(b) The speaker's.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) The traveler's.

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

4. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Sculptor.
(b) Lifeless things.
(c) Passions.
(d) Visage.

5. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Foreign."
(b) "Antique."
(c) "Far-off."
(d) "Mystic."

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

2. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

4. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?

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

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