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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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

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

4. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the poem's form.

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

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