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

2. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(b) The art of maintaining relationships.
(c) The art of mastering loss.
(d) The art of maintaining perspective.

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

4. 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 examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(b) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.
(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 that can be lost "farther" and "faster."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

3. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

4. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

5. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

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