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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 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.

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

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

4. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?
(a) Rondeau.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Ballade.
(d) Sonnet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which lines contain caesuras?

2. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?

3. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?

4. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?

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. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

3. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

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

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

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