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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 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 "went."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "next."
(d) The word "loved."

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

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

4. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Anapest.
(b) Tribrach.
(c) Dactyl.
(d) Amphibrach.

5. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their child's artwork.
(b) Their wedding ring.
(c) Their mother's watch.
(d) Their college diploma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

2. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

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

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

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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