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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. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
(a) Cold and contemptuous.
(b) Impassive and distant.
(c) Passionate and angry.
(d) Startled and bewildered.

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?
(a) Other kings.
(b) Future civilizations.
(c) His army.
(d) His subjects.

4. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) Consonance.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Euphemism.
(d) Personification.

5. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?
(a) Swampland.
(b) Mountains.
(c) Savannah.
(d) Desert.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 4, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies," what techniques are employed?

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

3. What is the antecedent of the word "them" in line 8, "The hand that mocked them"?

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

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"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

7. Describe the poem's form.

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

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