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

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 an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(b) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(c) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(d) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?

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

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

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