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

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

3. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Imperative.
(b) Interrogative.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Subjunctive.

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

5. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Dramatic irony.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many lines does "One Art" have?

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"?

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

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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