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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Keys.
(b) Pens.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Socks.
2. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in 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 exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
3. 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.
4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Accepting loss.
(b) Conquering loss.
(c) Ignoring loss.
(d) Grieving loss.
5. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Perfect rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) Internal rhyme.
6. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.
7. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Sanguine.
(b) Ebullient.
(c) Livid.
(d) Bewildered.
8. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.
9. 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 "look."
(d) The word "next."
10. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Imperative.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Subjunctive.
(d) Interrogative.
11. 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 an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
12. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Anapest.
(b) Amphibrach.
(c) Tribrach.
(d) Dactyl.
13. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Confused agitation.
(b) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(c) Humorous coincidence.
(d) Tiring inconvenience.
14. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Dramatic irony.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Apostrophe.
15. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(b) It has an extra line.
(c) It is written in free verse.
(d) Every line is endstopped.
Short Answer Questions
1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
2. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
3. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
4. What "Art" does the title refer to?
5. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
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