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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 verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Interrogative.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Subjunctive.

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

3. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?
(a) The word "loved."
(b) The word "went."
(c) The word "next."
(d) The word "look."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

2. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

3. 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?

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

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

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