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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) Slant rhyme.
(b) Internal rhyme.
(c) Perfect rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.
2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Parenthetical expressions.
(b) Sentence fragments.
(c) Modifying phrases.
(d) Coordinating conjunctions.
3. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(b) Tiring inconvenience.
(c) Humorous coincidence.
(d) Confused agitation.
4. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Iamb.
(b) Dibrach.
(c) Spondee.
(d) Trochee.
5. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Dactyl.
(b) Anapest.
(c) Tribrach.
(d) Amphibrach.
Short Answer Questions
1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
2. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
3. 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?
4. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
5. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
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