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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 "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of mastering loss.
(b) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(c) The art of maintaining relationships.
(d) The art of maintaining perspective.

2. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their mother's watch.
(b) Their child's artwork.
(c) Their wedding ring.
(d) Their college diploma.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

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

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

4. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

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

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