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

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Trochee.
(b) Iamb.
(c) Dibrach.
(d) Spondee.

3. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.

4. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) Second person and indicative mood.
(b) First person and imperative mood.
(c) First person and indicative mood.
(d) Second person and imperative mood.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

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

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