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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) Sonnet.
(b) Ballad.
(c) Villanelle.
(d) Sestina.

2. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?
(a) Alliteration, epistrophe, and antithesis.
(b) Anaphora, assonance, and asyndeton.
(c) Parallelism, diacope, and consonance.
(d) Cacophony, epizeuxis, and diazeugma.

3. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Humorous coincidence.
(b) Confused agitation.
(c) Tiring inconvenience.
(d) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.

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

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

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. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?

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

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