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

2. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(b) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(c) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(d) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How many lines does "One Art" have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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

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

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