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

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

3. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Personification.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Consonance.

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) His subjects.
(b) His army.
(c) Future civilizations.
(d) Other kings.

5. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 11 and 12.
(b) Lines 2 and 3.
(c) Lines 5 and 6.
(d) Lines 8 and 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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