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

2. 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) The sculptor's talent.
(c) Physical characteristics.
(d) The history of a king.

3. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Mystic."
(b) "Far-off."
(c) "Antique."
(d) "Foreign."

4. What title does Ozymandias give himself in the statue's inscription?
(a) Egypt's King.
(b) King of Kings.
(c) Fearsome King.
(d) All-Powerful King.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

5. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

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

8. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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