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

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

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

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

5. What is the format of "One Art"?
(a) Villanelle.
(b) Sestina.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Ballad.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?

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

4. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?

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

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