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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. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Imagery.
(c) Simile.
(d) Personification.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

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

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

4. 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?

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

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