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

2. What is a reasonable statement to make about the effect of the enjambment in lines 8 and 9, "places, and names, and where it was you meant/ to travel"?
(a) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(b) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(c) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.

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

4. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their wedding ring.
(b) Their mother's watch.
(c) Their college diploma.
(d) Their child's artwork.

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) Simile.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Hyperbole.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

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

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