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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) AAB.
(b) AAA.
(c) ABB.
(d) ABA.

2. 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"?
(a) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(b) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(c) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.

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

4. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 8.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 9.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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