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

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

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

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

5. 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) Parallelism, diacope, and consonance.
(d) Anaphora, assonance, and asyndeton.

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. 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"?

3. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

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

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

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