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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 no longer lives in either city.
(b) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker cannot find either city.
(d) The speaker is not welcome in either city.

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

3. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their mother's watch.
(b) Their college diploma.
(c) Their child's artwork.
(d) Their wedding ring.

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

5. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Anapest.
(b) Dactyl.
(c) Amphibrach.
(d) Tribrach.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

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

3. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

4. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

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

(see the answer key)

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