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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.
(b) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(c) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(d) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.

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

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

14. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Startled and bewildered.
(b) Impassive and distant.
(c) Cold and contemptuous.
(d) Passionate and angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

3. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare/ The lone and level sands stretch far away”?

4. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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