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

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"?
(a) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(b) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(c) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(d) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.

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

4. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(b) Tiring inconvenience.
(c) Humorous coincidence.
(d) Confused agitation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

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