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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 is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) Every line is endstopped.
(b) It is written in free verse.
(c) It has an extra line.
(d) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.

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

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

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Grieving loss.
(b) Conquering loss.
(c) Accepting loss.
(d) Ignoring loss.

5. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
(a) ABB.
(b) AAB.
(c) ABA.
(d) AAA.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

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

5. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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