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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 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”?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

4. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The brow.
(b) The mouth.
(c) The jaw.
(d) The eyes.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

4. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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