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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. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Livid.
(b) Sanguine.
(c) Bewildered.
(d) Ebullient.

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

3. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) Every line is endstopped.
(b) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(c) It is written in free verse.
(d) It has an extra line.

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

5. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?

4. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

5. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

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