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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "One Art" lines 1-19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Interrogative.
(b) Subjunctive.
(c) Indicative.
(d) Imperative.

3. What is a reasonable statement to make about the effect of the enjambment in lines 8 and 9, "places, and names, and where it was you meant/ to travel"?
(a) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(b) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(c) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.

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

5. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?
(a) The word "look."
(b) The word "went."
(c) The word "loved."
(d) The word "next."

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

2. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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