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

2. How many voices are heard in "Ozymandias"?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

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

4. In line 1, what word does the speaker use to describe the land where the traveler has been?
(a) "Far-off."
(b) "Mystic."
(c) "Antique."
(d) "Foreign."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of landscape has the traveler been traveling through?

2. 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"?

3. What is the form of "Ozymandias"?

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

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

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. Identify the three voices heard in "Ozymandias."

5. Briefly summarize the action of the poem.

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

7. Describe the poem's form.

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

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