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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

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

5. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

6. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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