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OZYMANDIAS..

by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Ten questions on craft, meaning, and form. Untimed. Answer every question to submit.

Q01of 10

What is the overall form of 'Ozymandias'?

Q02of 10

Who actually narrates the description of the ruined statue to the poem's speaker?

Q03of 10

The inscription reads 'Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' In context, this line is best understood as an example of which technique?

Q04of 10

What does the phrase 'sneer of cold command' primarily convey about Ozymandias?

Q05of 10

What does the image of 'two vast and trunkless legs of stone' standing without a body suggest thematically?

Q06of 10

The line 'The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed' refers to which two figures respectively?

Q07of 10

Which literary device is most prominently illustrated by 'lone and level sands stretch far away'?

Q08of 10

The name 'Ozymandias' is the Greek name for which historical Egyptian pharaoh?

Q09of 10

What is the dominant tone of the poem's closing lines — 'Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare'?

Q10of 10

Which phrase from the poem most directly supports the theme that art can outlast both ruler and empire?

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