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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 is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Coordinating conjunctions.
(b) Sentence fragments.
(c) Parenthetical expressions.
(d) Modifying phrases.

2. 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"?
(a) Intent.
(b) Things.
(c) Lost.
(d) Many.

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

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

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 does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

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

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

4. Who is the author of "One Art"?

5. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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