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

2. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Confused agitation.
(b) Humorous coincidence.
(c) Tiring inconvenience.
(d) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.

3. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(b) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.

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

5. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Indicative.
(b) Imperative.
(c) Subjunctive.
(d) Interrogative.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "One Art"?

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

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

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

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

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