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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) Lifeless things.
(c) Visage.
(d) Sculptor.

2. What part of the statue's face does the traveler describe?
(a) The mouth.
(b) The jaw.
(c) The eyes.
(d) The brow.

3. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) Gold and treasure.
(b) Military weaponry.
(c) Monuments and buildings.
(d) The graves of enemy kings.

4. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?
(a) Synechdoche and metonymy.
(b) Metonymy and assonance.
(c) Assonance and alliteration.
(d) Sibilance and synechdoche.

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) Physical characteristics.
(d) The sculptor's talent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which lines contain caesuras?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

8. Describe the poem's form.

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