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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. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?

3. 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"?

4. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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