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

2. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker cannot find either city.
(b) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(c) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(d) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.

3. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Ebullient.
(b) Livid.
(c) Bewildered.
(d) Sanguine.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

2. 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"?

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

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

5. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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