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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) Simile.
(c) Imagery.
(d) Personification.

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

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

4. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 1.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

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

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

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

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

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