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

2. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(b) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(c) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(d) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of maintaining relationships.
(b) The art of mastering loss.
(c) The art of maintaining perspective.
(d) The art of disciplining the emotions.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

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

5. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

(see the answer key)

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