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

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

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) First person and imperative mood.
(b) Second person and imperative mood.
(c) Second person and indicative mood.
(d) First person and indicative mood.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

2. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?

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

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

5. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

(see the answer key)

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