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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. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
(a) Cacophony, epizeuxis, and diazeugma.
(b) Anaphora, assonance, and asyndeton.
(c) Parallelism, diacope, and consonance.
(d) Alliteration, epistrophe, and antithesis.

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

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

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

5. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Sarcasm.
(c) Understatement.
(d) Dramatic irony.

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. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?

3. What is the format of "One Art"?

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

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

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