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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 techniques are employed?
(a) Assonance and alliteration.
(b) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(c) Metonymy and assonance.
(d) Synechdoche and metonymy.

2. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Cold and contemptuous.
(b) Startled and bewildered.
(c) Impassive and distant.
(d) Passionate and angry.

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

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

5. 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"?
(a) Personality and emotion.
(b) Physical characteristics.
(c) The sculptor's talent.
(d) The history of a king.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

3. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

4. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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

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