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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) Apostrophe.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Dramatic irony.
(d) Sarcasm.

2. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 20.
(b) 17.
(c) 18.
(d) 19.

3. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(b) It is written in free verse.
(c) It has an extra line.
(d) Every line is endstopped.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?

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

4. Who is the author of "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"?

(see the answer key)

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