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

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Spondee.
(b) Trochee.
(c) Dibrach.
(d) Iamb.

3. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
(a) ABB.
(b) AAB.
(c) AAA.
(d) ABA.

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

5. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 17.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

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

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

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

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

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