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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 8 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To whom does Ozymandias address his remarks?

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. Describe the poem's form.

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

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

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

7. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you explicate the poem's rhyme scheme and discuss the effects created by this rhyme scheme. How does rhyme link or emphasize ideas and affect the poem's flow, pace, and tone? Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you explicate Shelley's use of the sound devices alliteration, assonance, and consonance in "Ozymandias." How do these techniques link or emphasize ideas and impact the poem's flow, pace, and mood? Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about meter in "Ozymandias." Be sure to discuss both Shelley's use of iambic pentameter and his departures from this meter. Offer insight into the effect of these departures, using correct literary terminology for types of metrical feet as you discuss the form these departures take. Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims.

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