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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. 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 repeats the emotional plea of stanza two in a more logical and rational form.
(c) Stanza three extends the small, everyday losses in stanza two into more serious and personal territory.
(d) Stanza three provides hyperbolic examples of the effects of loss proposed in stanza two.
2. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 9.
(d) 7.
3. Who is the author of "One Art"?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Elizabeth Bishop.
(d) Audre Lourde.
4. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Dramatic irony.
(c) Sarcasm.
(d) Understatement.
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 a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(b) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(c) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(d) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
2. Which word in lines 10 and 11, "And look! my last,/ or next-to-last, of three loved houses went," creates a momentary shift in verb mood?
3. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
4. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
5. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
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