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

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

3. 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 an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(b) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(c) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(d) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?

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

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

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

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