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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. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.
(b) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.
(c) To stress that these are one and the same thing.
(d) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

5. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

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