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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 rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
(a) ABB.
(b) AAA.
(c) ABA.
(d) AAB.

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

3. 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) Intent.
(c) Things.
(d) Many.

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 "next."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "went."
(d) The word "loved."

5. 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 more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(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 some of the last things that a person loses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

2. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?

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

5. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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