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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. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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

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

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

5. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Iambic pentameter.
(b) Four iambs and a trochee.
(c) Iambic tetrameter.
(d) Two iambs and two trochees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

2. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

5. 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”?

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