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

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

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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

3. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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