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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. Who is the author of "Ozymandias"?
2. Which is the best description of the statue's expression?
3. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
4. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
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. Explain the irony of the poem's ending.
2. What claims does the poem make about the statue's sculptor?
3. What poetic techniques create impact in the line, "Half sunk a shattered visage lies" (line 4)?
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. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.
7. Describe the poem's form.
8. How does the poem's setting support its main point?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay that analyzes "Ozymandias" as an artifact of English Romanticism. Explain the key characteristics of the style and subject matter of Romanticism, place Shelley within this tradition, and then show how "Ozymandias" reflects this tradition. Use both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem to support your claims, and cite all sources in MLA format.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay in which you consider the three voices in "Ozymandias" as "stand-ins." Who might the speaker stand in for? Who might the traveler represent? What about Ozymandias himself? As you consider your answers to these questions, think about why each voice is necessary to the poem's overall meaning. Support your ideas with evidence from the poem; if you use outside sources, be sure to cite these in MLA format.
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