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

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

3. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 17.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 18.

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

5. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Villanelle.
(c) Ballad.
(d) Sestina.

Short Answer 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"?

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. On the surface level, what is the main message 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. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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 arrange the examples of things that can be lost?

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