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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) A piece of armor.
(b) A weapon.
(c) A face.
(d) An eye.

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

3. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Assonance and alliteration.
(b) Sibilance and synechdoche.
(c) Metonymy and assonance.
(d) Synechdoche and metonymy.

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

5. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Savannah.
(b) Desert.
(c) Swampland.
(d) Mountains.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

5. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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