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

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

3. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their child's artwork.
(b) Their mother's watch.
(c) Their wedding ring.
(d) Their college diploma.

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

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. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

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

3. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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

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

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