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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. 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"?
(a) Intent.
(b) Lost.
(c) Many.
(d) Things.

3. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) Second person and indicative mood.
(b) First person and imperative mood.
(c) First person and indicative mood.
(d) Second person and imperative mood.

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?
(a) ABA.
(b) ABB.
(c) AAB.
(d) AAA.

5. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Subjunctive.
(b) Indicative.
(c) Imperative.
(d) Interrogative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

2. 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?

3. What is a reasonable statement to make about the effect of the enjambment in lines 8 and 9, "places, and names, and where it was you meant/ to travel"?

4. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?

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

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