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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of maintaining perspective.
(b) The art of maintaining relationships.
(c) The art of mastering loss.
(d) The art of disciplining the emotions.

3. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 8.

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"?
(a) Things.
(b) Lost.
(c) Many.
(d) Intent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

2. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

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

4. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

5. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the refrains employed in "One Art"?

2. On the surface level, what is the main message of "One Art"?

3. How does the change in stanza structure in the final stanza mimic the poem's changing meaning?

4. Which two verb moods are used in "One Art," and where are they employed?

5. What difference is there in the way the two refrain lines are repeated throughout the poem?

6. To whom is the parenthetical comment "(Write it!)" addressed in line 19, and how does this comment impact the reader's understanding of the poem?

7. What is the poem's dominant meter, and how is it regularly interrupted?

8. How does the speaker's diction increase the emotional stakes as the poem progresses?

9. Describe the form of "One Art."

10. How does the speaker arrange the examples of things that can be lost?

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