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

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

3. What is the likely purpose of capitalizing "Works" (line 11) and "Wreck" (line 13)?
(a) To draw the reader's attention to the consonant rhyme.
(b) To draw the reader's attention to the alliteration in these lines.
(c) To stress that these are one and the same thing.
(d) To convey a sense of Ozymandias's hubris.

4. What does Ozymandias's quote imply should be standing around the statue?
(a) Military weaponry.
(b) The graves of enemy kings.
(c) Monuments and buildings.
(d) Gold and treasure.

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

Short Answer 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”?

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's face does the traveler describe?

4. Which technique is evident in line 6, "Tell that its sculptor well those passions read"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the poem's form.

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. Explain the irony of the poem's ending.

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

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

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

8. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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