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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 Wordsworth.
(b) Lord Byron.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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

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

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

5. 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) Antithesis.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Alliteration.

6. 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."

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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) The speaker's.
(d) Ozymandias's.

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

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

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

2. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

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

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

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

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