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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 title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Fearsome King.
(b) Egypt's King.
(c) King of Kings.
(d) All-Powerful King.

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

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

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

5. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(b) Synechdoche and metonymy.
(c) Assonance and alliteration.
(d) Metonymy and assonance.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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