Ozymandias Quiz

The poem's first line, "I met a traveller from an antique land," is a description...

• of the speaker traveling to an antique land

• of the speaker growing up in an antique land

• of the speaker meeting a traveler from an antique land

• of the speaker meeting a traveler who had been to an antique land

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CCSS.RL.8.4

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Lines 2-5,

"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone /

Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, /

Half sunk a shattered visage lies," describe...

• A beautiful rocky outcrop and glorious vista in the desert

• A statue's two bodyless legs and half-buried face in the desert

• The depressing remains of a stone village in the desert

• The near-ruined remains of a great castle in the desert

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Lines 5-7, "a shattered visage lies, whose frown,

And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read," are saying

• The statue's sculptor artfully captured their subject's cruel nature

• The statue's sculptor must have been in love with their subject

• The statue's sculptor didn't accurately portray their subject

• The statue's sculptor destroyed the statue once it was finished

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Lines 9-11, "And on the pedestal, these words appear:

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;

Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!" say

• The inscription on the statue's pedestal has been destroyed and is impossible to read

• The king boldly stands before his people and commands them to worship

• The king boldly stands before his people and demands they continue to build his palace

• The inscription on the statue's pedestal declare its subject was an arrogant king

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The final three lines, "Nothing beside remains. Round the decay

Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare

The lone and level sands stretch far away," indicate

• The tyrannical king is now completely forgotten

• The king improved the lives of his people, despite the desert conditions

• The king's statue may have been destroyed, but his memory will live on forever

• The desert holds its own secrets, many of which we will never know

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9