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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. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 2 and 3.
(b) Lines 5 and 6.
(c) Lines 8 and 9.
(d) Lines 11 and 12.

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

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

4. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) Just the head.
(b) The torso and head.
(c) The legs and torso.
(d) Just the legs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

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

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

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