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

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

3. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?
(a) Lost.
(b) Intent.
(c) Things.
(d) Many.

4. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Confused agitation.
(b) Humorous coincidence.
(c) Tiring inconvenience.
(d) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.

5. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(c) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(d) The speaker is not welcome in either city.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "One Art"?

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

3. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

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

5. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

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