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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) William Blake.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Egypt's King.
(b) All-Powerful King.
(c) King of Kings.
(d) Fearsome King.

3. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Chiasmus.

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

5. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Consonance.
(b) Personification.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Anaphora.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which lines contain caesuras?

3. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

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