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

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

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

4. 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?
(a) The word "next."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "loved."
(d) The word "went."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

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

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

4. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?

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

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