View a FREE sample

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) Interrogative.
(b) Subjunctive.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Indicative.

2. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) Second person and imperative mood.
(b) First person and indicative mood.
(c) First person and imperative mood.
(d) Second person and indicative mood.

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

4. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They are small and insignificant.
(b) They are part of a distant past.
(c) They seem to want to get lost.
(d) They are difficult to live with.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

3. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

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

5. What is the format of "One Art"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

3. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 887 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample