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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 does the speaker use in line 5 as an example of a common lost object?
(a) Pens.
(b) Keys.
(c) Glasses.
(d) Socks.

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

3. What is used for the first time in the poem's final stanza?
(a) Modifying phrases.
(b) Parenthetical expressions.
(c) Coordinating conjunctions.
(d) Sentence fragments.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?

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

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

5. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?

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