1. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Personification.
(c) Consonance.
(d) Euphemism.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is the meter of the poem's first two lines?

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

4. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

5. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?

(see the answer key)

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