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

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

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

4. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(b) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(c) The speaker cannot find either city.
(d) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.

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