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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 most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(b) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(c) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(d) The speaker cannot find either city.

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

3. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) Internal rhyme.
(c) Perfect rhyme.
(d) Slant rhyme.

5. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They seem to want to get lost.
(b) They are difficult to live with.
(c) They are small and insignificant.
(d) They are part of a distant past.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

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

3. What does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?

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

5. 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"?

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