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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. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(b) Tiring inconvenience.
(c) Confused agitation.
(d) Humorous coincidence.

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

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(c) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.

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

5. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Sentence fragments.
(b) Modifying phrases.
(c) Parenthetical expressions.
(d) Coordinating conjunctions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

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

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

4. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the form of "One Art."

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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