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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

2. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?

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

4. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare/ The lone and level sands stretch far away”?

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

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