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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. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(b) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(c) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(d) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.

2. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
(a) Cacophony, epizeuxis, and diazeugma.
(b) Alliteration, epistrophe, and antithesis.
(c) Parallelism, diacope, and consonance.
(d) Anaphora, assonance, and asyndeton.

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

4. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?
(a) Many.
(b) Intent.
(c) Lost.
(d) Things.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

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. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

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

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

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