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

2. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) Slant rhyme.
(c) Internal rhyme.
(d) Perfect rhyme.

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

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

5. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

3. How many lines does "One Art" have?

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

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

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