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

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

3. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(b) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(c) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(d) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.

4. 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) Anapest.
(c) Amphibrach.
(d) Dactyl.

5. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(b) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.
(c) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(d) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

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

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

4. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?

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

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