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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 provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

2. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

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

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

5. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?

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