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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. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) His subjects.
(b) Other kings.
(c) His army.
(d) Future civilizations.

2. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(b) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.
(c) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.
(d) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.

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

4. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Passions.
(b) Lifeless things.
(c) Sculptor.
(d) Visage.

5. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Mystic."
(b) "Far-off."
(c) "Antique."
(d) "Foreign."

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 6 and 7, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read/ Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things," what it is that is "stamped," on the "lifeless things"?

2. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

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

4. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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

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