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

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

3. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 4.

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

5. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Dactyl.
(b) Tribrach.
(c) Amphibrach.
(d) Anapest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

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

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

4. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

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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