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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 "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of maintaining perspective.
(b) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(c) The art of mastering loss.
(d) The art of maintaining relationships.

2. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Socks.
(b) Keys.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Pens.

3. 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 the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(c) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(d) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Ignoring loss.
(b) Conquering loss.
(c) Accepting loss.
(d) Grieving loss.

5. 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) Many.
(b) Lost.
(c) Things.
(d) Intent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

3. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

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

5. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

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