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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. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 8.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 6.

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

3. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Dibrach.
(b) Spondee.
(c) Trochee.
(d) Iamb.

4. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Amphibrach.
(b) Dactyl.
(c) Anapest.
(d) Tribrach.

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"?
(a) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(b) It creates a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(c) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(d) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 2 and 3, "so many things seem filled with the intent/ to be lost that their loss is no disaster," what is the antecedent of the word "their"?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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