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

2. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) First person and indicative mood.
(b) Second person and imperative mood.
(c) First person and imperative mood.
(d) Second person and indicative mood.

3. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?
(a) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(b) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(c) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.
(d) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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

5. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

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