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

2. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Asyndeton.
(d) Antithesis.

3. Which lines contain caesuras?
(a) Lines 11 and 12.
(b) Lines 8 and 9.
(c) Lines 5 and 6.
(d) Lines 2 and 3.

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

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) The history of a king.
(b) Physical characteristics.
(c) Personality and emotion.
(d) The sculptor's talent.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

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

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

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

6. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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