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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. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

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

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

5. 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 irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(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.

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 technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

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

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

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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