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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Understatement.

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

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

6. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Coordinating conjunctions.
(b) Parenthetical expressions.
(c) Sentence fragments.
(d) Modifying phrases.

7. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

8. 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 are small and insignificant.
(c) They seem to want to get lost.
(d) They are difficult to live with.

9. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(b) Confused agitation.
(c) Humorous coincidence.
(d) Tiring inconvenience.

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

11. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their wedding ring.
(b) Their college diploma.
(c) Their child's artwork.
(d) Their mother's watch.

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

13. 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?
(a) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(b) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.

14. 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 extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(c) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(d) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.

15. 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 "next."
(c) The word "look."
(d) The word "went."

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

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

5. 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"?

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