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

2. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(b) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(c) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(d) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.

3. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Amphibrach.
(b) Tribrach.
(c) Anapest.
(d) Dactyl.

4. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) Every line is endstopped.
(b) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(c) It is written in free verse.
(d) It has an extra line.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

4. What is the format of "One Art"?

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"?

(see the answer key)

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