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

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

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 piece of armor.
(d) A face.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

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

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

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

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