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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. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They are difficult to live with.
(b) They are small and insignificant.
(c) They seem to want to get lost.
(d) They are part of a distant past.
2. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(b) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
3. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Ballad.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Sestina.
(d) Sonnet.
4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 9.
5. 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 an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(b) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(c) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
2. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
3. What "Art" does the title refer to?
4. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
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