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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) Military weaponry.
(b) Gold and treasure.
(c) The graves of enemy kings.
(d) Monuments and buildings.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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”?

3. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?

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

5. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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