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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) Ebullient.
(b) Livid.
(c) Bewildered.
(d) Sanguine.

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(c) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(d) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

3. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

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

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

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