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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

6. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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