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

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

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

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

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