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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Passions.
(b) Lifeless things.
(c) Visage.
(d) Sculptor.

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

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

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

6. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) The graves of enemy kings.
(b) Military weaponry.
(c) Gold and treasure.
(d) Monuments and buildings.

7. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The speaker's.
(b) Ozymandias's.
(c) The sculptor's.
(d) The traveler's.

8. 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"?
(a) The sculptor's talent.
(b) Physical characteristics.
(c) The history of a king.
(d) Personality and emotion.

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

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

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

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

13. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) Future civilizations.
(b) His army.
(c) His subjects.
(d) Other kings.

14. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Chiasmus.
(b) Parallelism.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Imagery.

15. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Rondeau.
(b) Ballade.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Sonnet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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

5. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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