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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 8 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify the three voices heard in "Ozymandias."

2. What poetic techniques create impact in the line, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies" (line 4)?

3. How does the poem's setting support its main point?

4. How does the epithet that Ozymandias gives himself help the reader understand the intentions behind his quote?

5. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

6. What claims does the poem make about the statue's sculptor?

7. Describe the poem's form.

8. Explain the irony of the poem's ending.

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