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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 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.

2. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Anapest.
(b) Tribrach.
(c) Amphibrach.
(d) Dactyl.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

5. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?

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