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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) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

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

3. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?
(a) Passions.
(b) Visage.
(c) Lifeless things.
(d) Sculptor.

4. 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.

5. 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."

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

3. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

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

6. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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