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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 is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Tiring inconvenience.
(b) Humorous coincidence.
(c) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(d) Confused agitation.
2. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(b) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
3. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Keys.
(b) Pens.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Socks.
4. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Sestina.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Ballad.
5. 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 create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(d) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
2. 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"?
3. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
4. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
5. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
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