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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 form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Rondeau.
(b) Ballade.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Villanelle.

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

3. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Confidence and ambition.
(b) Awe and fear.
(c) Reverence and respect.
(d) Anxiety and suspicion.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

4. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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