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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 is the meter of the poem's first two lines?
(a) Two iambs and two trochees.
(b) Iambic tetrameter.
(c) Four iambs and a trochee.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

5. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

4. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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

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

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