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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 speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Socks.
(b) Glasses.
(c) Pens.
(d) Keys.

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

3. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Indicative.
(b) Subjunctive.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Interrogative.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the format of "One Art"?

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

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?

4. How many lines does "One Art" have?

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

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