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

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

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

4. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Conquering loss.
(b) Accepting loss.
(c) Ignoring loss.
(d) Grieving loss.

5. 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 "loved."
(b) The word "next."
(c) The word "went."
(d) The word "look."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?

2. 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"?

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

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

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

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