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

2. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They seem to want to get lost.
(b) They are part of a distant past.
(c) They are difficult to live with.
(d) They are small and insignificant.

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

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

5. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Coordinating conjunctions.
(b) Sentence fragments.
(c) Modifying phrases.
(d) Parenthetical expressions.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who is the author of "One Art"?

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

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

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