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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. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(b) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(c) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(d) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.

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

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

4. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Villanelle.
(b) Sestina.
(c) Ballad.
(d) Sonnet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

2. How many lines does "One Art" have?

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?

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

5. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

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