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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. 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?
(a) The word "loved."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "went."
(d) The word "next."

2. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of mastering loss.
(b) The art of disciplining the emotions.
(c) The art of maintaining perspective.
(d) The art of maintaining relationships.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

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

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 speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?

5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

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