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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. 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 are difficult to live with.
(c) They seem to want to get lost.
(d) They are small and insignificant.

2. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Apostrophe.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Dramatic irony.

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

4. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Iamb.
(b) Trochee.
(c) Dibrach.
(d) Spondee.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

2. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

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

4. 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?

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

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