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

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

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

4. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Villanelle.
(b) Sestina.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Ballad.

5. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(b) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(c) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(d) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.