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

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

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

4. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Personification.
(d) Simile.

5. 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) Many.
(b) Things.
(c) Intent.
(d) Lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the format of "One Art"?

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

5. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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