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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 does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?
(a) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(b) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Sentence fragments.
(b) Coordinating conjunctions.
(c) Modifying phrases.
(d) Parenthetical expressions.

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

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Conquering loss.
(b) Accepting loss.
(c) Ignoring loss.
(d) Grieving loss.

5. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Trochee.
(b) Spondee.
(c) Dibrach.
(d) Iamb.

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. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

3. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

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

5. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

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