1. What part of the statue is still standing when the traveler sees it?
(a) The torso and head.
(b) Just the legs.
(c) The legs and torso.
(d) Just the head.

2. What is the rhyme scheme of "Ozymandias"?
(a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG.
(b) ABAB ACAC ADAD EE.
(c) ABAB ACDC EDEF EF.
(d) ABAB BCBC CDCD EF.

3. Whose "passions" are referred to in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?
(a) The speaker's.
(b) The traveler's.
(c) Ozymandias's.
(d) The sculptor's.

4. What does Ozymandias hope to inspire in his audience?
(a) Anxiety and suspicion.
(b) Confidence and ambition.
(c) Reverence and respect.
(d) Awe and fear.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?

3. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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