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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. 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 slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(c) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(d) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Trochee.
(b) Iamb.
(c) Dibrach.
(d) Spondee.

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

4. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Sanguine.
(b) Bewildered.
(c) Livid.
(d) Ebullient.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

2. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

3. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

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

5. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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

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

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

8. 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?

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

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

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