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

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

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

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

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

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

6. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

7. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Ozymandias's subjects.
(b) The sculptor's.
(c) Rival kings.
(d) Ozymandias's.

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

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

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

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

12. 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”?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Asyndeton.
(c) Alliteration.
(d) Antithesis.

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines contain caesuras?

2. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

3. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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

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