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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. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Perfect rhyme.
(b) Slant rhyme.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.

2. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Conquering loss.
(b) Ignoring loss.
(c) Grieving loss.
(d) Accepting loss.

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"?
(a) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(b) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(c) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(d) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.

4. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) It is written in free verse.
(b) It has an extra line.
(c) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(d) Every line is endstopped.

5. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

4. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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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