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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. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?
(a) An eye.
(b) A face.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A piece of armor.

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

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

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

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. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

4. 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"?

5. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

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