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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 the format of "One Art"?
(a) Sonnet.
(b) Ballad.
(c) Sestina.
(d) Villanelle.

2. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Socks.
(b) Keys.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Pens.

3. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 18.
(d) 17.

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

5. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?
(a) Personification.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Simile.
(d) Imagery.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

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

4. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

5. 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?

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