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

2. 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?
(a) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(b) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.

3. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Accepting loss.
(b) Conquering loss.
(c) Grieving loss.
(d) Ignoring loss.

4. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(b) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.
(c) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(d) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.

5. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Perfect rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) Slant rhyme.

Short Answer 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?

2. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

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

4. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

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

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