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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 meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Tiring inconvenience.
(b) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(c) Confused agitation.
(d) Humorous coincidence.

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

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

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 "went."
(c) The word "loved."
(d) The word "look."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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