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

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

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

4. In line 10, what does the speaker admit to having lost?
(a) Their college diploma.
(b) Their mother's watch.
(c) Their child's artwork.
(d) Their wedding ring.

5. How many lines does "One Art" have?
(a) 18.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?

3. What does the colon at the end of line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," indicate about the "places, and names" in line 8?

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

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

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