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

2. 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?
(a) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(b) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.

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

4. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
(a) Anaphora, assonance, and asyndeton.
(b) Alliteration, epistrophe, and antithesis.
(c) Parallelism, diacope, and consonance.
(d) Cacophony, epizeuxis, and diazeugma.

5. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They are difficult to live with.
(b) They seem to want to get lost.
(c) They are small and insignificant.
(d) They are part of a distant past.

Short Answer Questions

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

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"?

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

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

5. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

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