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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 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 no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker no longer lives in either city.
(d) The speaker is not welcome in either city.

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

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

4. The relationship between stanza two and stanza three is most accurately expressed by which of the following?
(a) Stanza three exposes the inherent contradictions in the ideas about loss advanced by stanza two.
(b) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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