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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 jaw.
(b) The eyes.
(c) The mouth.
(d) The brow.

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

3. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Iambic tetrameter.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Two iambs and two trochees.
(d) Four iambs and a trochee.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

(see the answer key)

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