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

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

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

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?

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

4. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?

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

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