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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. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Accepting loss.
(b) Grieving loss.
(c) Conquering loss.
(d) Ignoring loss.

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 exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(c) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(d) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

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

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

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