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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "One Art" lines 1-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(b) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker cannot find either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.

2. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?
(a) Lost.
(b) Many.
(c) Intent.
(d) Things.

3. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Sanguine.
(b) Livid.
(c) Bewildered.
(d) Ebullient.

4. What is a reasonable statement to make about the effect of the enjambment in lines 8 and 9, "places, and names, and where it was you meant/ to travel"?
(a) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(b) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(c) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.

5. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 17.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?

2. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

3. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

4. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

5. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

(see the answer key)

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