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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 cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
2. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their wedding ring.
(b) Their mother's watch.
(c) Their child's artwork.
(d) Their college diploma.
3. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?
(a) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.
(b) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
4. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?
(a) The word "loved."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "next."
(d) The word "went."
5. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(b) The art of maintaining perspective.
(c) The art of maintaining relationships.
(d) The art of mastering loss.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
2. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
3. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
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"?
5. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
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