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

2. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.
(b) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(c) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(d) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

2. Who is the author of "One Art"?

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

4. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

5. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

(see the answer key)

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