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

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

3. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Sanguine.
(b) Livid.
(c) Ebullient.
(d) Bewildered.

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

5. 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) Things.
(d) Lost.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

4. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?

5. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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