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

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

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

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what does the word "visage" refer to?
(a) A face.
(b) An eye.
(c) A weapon.
(d) A piece of armor.

5. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Reverence and respect.
(b) Anxiety and suspicion.
(c) Awe and fear.
(d) Confidence and ambition.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

4. 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”?

5. Whose hand is being referred to in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the poem's form.

3. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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. Identify the three voices heard in "Ozymandias."

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

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