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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 seem to want to get lost.
(b) They are difficult to live with.
(c) They are part of a distant past.
(d) They are small and insignificant.

2. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 9.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
(a) ABB.
(b) AAB.
(c) ABA.
(d) AAA.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

4. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

5. 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"?

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