WorksheetsP&C: Ozymandias
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Who wrote 'Ozymandias'?
Percy Shelley
William Blake
William Wordsworth
Robert Browning
What form is 'Ozymandias' written in?
Sonnet
Monologue
Haiku
Free verse
The statue's face has a ' (a) of cold (b) '
The statue's inscription begins 'My (a) is Ozymandias, (b) of (c) '
The statue's inscription ends 'Look on my (a) , ye (b) , and (c) !'
Immediately after the inscription on the pedestal, the next words of the poem are...
'The lone and level sands'
'Nothing beside remains.'
'Stand in the desert.'
'Surrounded by emptiness'
Which of these does not emphasise how isolated the statue now is?
'The lone and level sands stretch far away'
'Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare'
'Nothing beside remains'
'stamped on these lifeless things'
Who is Ozymandias referring to by 'ye Mighty'?
The gods
His subjects
Other pharaohs
The king
How many voices/speakers are there in the poem?
One
Two
Three
Four
What is used in the poem to symbolise Ozymandias' power (and its loss over time)?
The statue
The desert
Metaphors
The sand
Match the quotations to the methods used.
'king of kings'
repetition
'lone and level sands stretch far away'
alliteration
'Look on my works'
command (imperative)
'decay', 'wreck', 'shattered'
semantic field of destruction
How does Shelley indicate that the statue was very large?
It had a 'wrinkled lip'
It is 'trunkless'
It had 'vast' legs
It had a 'sculptor'
Which of these contrasts the size of the statue with its destruction over time, to emphasise that all power - no matter how much - is transient?
'antique land'
'the heart that fed'
'legs of stone'
'colossal wreck'
What does Shelley create a sense of between Ozymandias and the reader?
love
distance
hatred
respect
Which of these does not describe Percy Shelley?
Romantic poet
Critical of King George III
English
Female
What is Shelley doing in this poem?
criticising hubristic leaders
celebrating hubristic leaders
celebrating powerful leaders
criticising nature
A theme of 'Ozymandias' is hubris. What is hubris?
Too much pride or self-confidence
A love of nature
Having an extreme amount of power
Weakness and vulnerability
Shelley illustrates how all human power is (a) and that no individual has more power than time or (b) .
Match the method used in the poem to its effect.
Iambic pentameter
Reflects the rigid and unchanging control that Ozymandias had over his subjects
Symbolism of the statue
Represents the scale of Ozymandias' power during his life, and its decay over time after his death
Sibilance in 'sands stretch'
Evokes the sound of wind in the barren desert to emphasise how alone and forgotten the statue is
Which of these is not an accurate description of Ozymandias?
He was the ruler of Egypt, Rameses II
He was tyrannical
He was hubristic
He was benevolent
