Home Library Explore SAT

Home Library Explore SAT

Ozymandias Flashcards | StudBud

Explore/Ozymandias

Ozymandias

10 terms·StudBud Administration·231 plays

Poetry Quiz - reading comprehension

Flashcards10 cardsFPractice quizPHost liveL

Questions 10

Answers

1
In line 8, "The heart that fed" refers to
the traveler
the speaker
Ozymandias
the sculptor
2
Based on what we know of Ozymandias, what kind of a king was he probably?
weak and ineffective
powerful and oppressive
fair, just and well-loved
unhappy and lonely
3
The word "survive" as used in line 7 most nearly means
live
coexist
outlast
display
4
What was Ozymandias's kingdom probably like when the sculpture was made, according to the poem?
bare
small
happy
powerful
5
Which words and phrases from the poem best contribute to a sense of setting?
legs of stone, cold command, and despair
shattered, decay, and wreck.
half sunk, lifeless things, and colossal.
boundless, bare and lone and level sands
6
"boundless and bare" in line 13 is an example of
rhyme scheme
onomatopoeia
simile
alliteration
7
What is the poem mostly about?
A traveler finds a shattered sculpture of a king in a desert
a king is found dead in the bare desert by a traveler
A powerful king poses for a sculptor to make a stone statue.
A traveler journeys through antique lands and faraway desert
8
The line that best supports that the sculptor did not think highly of Ozymandias.
"Two vast and trunkless legs of stone...visage lies." (2-4)
"Round the decay...stretch far away." (lines 12-14)
"its sculptor well those passions read... mocked them."(6-8)
"And on the pedestal...Kings" (9-10)
9
Based on information in the poem, who was Ozymandias?
a writer
a traveler
a king
a sculptor
10
What is the central idea of the poem?
Great kings will be remembered forever
Art is fruitless
Traveling is educational
Great conquests will be forgotten over time.