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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 rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(b) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(c) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.
(d) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.

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

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

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

5. 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”?
(a) Asyndeton.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Alliteration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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

4. What technique is used in line 8, "The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed"?

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

4. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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

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

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