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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 does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?
(a) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(b) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(c) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(d) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Coordinating conjunctions.
(b) Sentence fragments.
(c) Modifying phrases.
(d) Parenthetical expressions.

3. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(b) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.
(c) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(d) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.

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

5. Who is the author of "One Art"?
(a) Lucille Clifton.
(b) Elizabeth Bishop.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Audre Lourde.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

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

3. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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