Ozymandias Quiz

What time of day is it?

• Close to midnight

• Unknown

• Dawn

• Sunset/Dusk

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the central theme of the poem?

• Material things will eventually be destroyed

• Justin Bieber can't sing

• All gods have mortal traits

• Man's excessive pride will lead to his inevitable fall and decline in power

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is the statue of?

• Judas Iscariot

• Percy Shelley

• Casanova Frankenstein

• Ozymandias

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is the meter of the poem?

• Trochaic Pentameter

• Iambic Pentameter

• Iambic tetrameter

• Dactylic Pentameter

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

What is ironic about the inscription on the pedestal and the statue?

• It describes a mighty king yet the statue is desolate and decaying

• It describes the traveler

• It describes someone other than the statue

• It describes a humble king yet the statue is gigantic

Describe the statue. (check all that apply)

• Decaying

• Abandoned

• Grinning

• Unrecognizable

• Frowning

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What type of poem is this?

• Ballad

• Haiku

• Sonnet

• Prose

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.5

Who is telling the story of Ozymandias?

• Ozymandias

• The traveler

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• Broseidon King of the Brocean

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

In the line 'Hands that mocked them', whose hands is it referring to?

• God

• Ozymandias

• The sculptor

• The Traveler

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the literal translation of 'ozymandias'?

• Ruler of Air

• King of Kings

• Ruler of All

• Slave of the Sands

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5