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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. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) His subjects.
(b) His army.
(c) Other kings.
(d) Future civilizations.

4. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?
(a) Imagery.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Chiasmus.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

2. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

3. What technique is employed in the poem's final two lines, "Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare/ The lone and level sands stretch far away”?

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

3. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

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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