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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. 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 "went."
(b) The word "next."
(c) The word "loved."
(d) The word "look."

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

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

4. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) Second person and indicative mood.
(b) Second person and imperative mood.
(c) First person and indicative mood.
(d) First person and imperative mood.

5. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Tribrach.
(b) Amphibrach.
(c) Anapest.
(d) Dactyl.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. 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"?

5. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?

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