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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. 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) Lost.
(b) Intent.
(c) Many.
(d) Things.

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

3. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Ignoring loss.
(b) Accepting loss.
(c) Conquering loss.
(d) Grieving loss.

4. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(b) It is written in free verse.
(c) It has an extra line.
(d) Every line is endstopped.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

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

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

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

5. Who is the author of "One Art"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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

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

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