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

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Coordinating conjunctions.
(b) Sentence fragments.
(c) Parenthetical expressions.
(d) Modifying phrases.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

3. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

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

5. 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"?

(see the answer key)

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