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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) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Lucille Clifton.
(c) Audre Lourde.
(d) Elizabeth Bishop.

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

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?
(a) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(b) The speaker is no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker cannot find either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.

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

5. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?
(a) They accelerate the pace as the stanza unfolds, creating a sense of urgency.
(b) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.
(c) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(d) They create a choppy sound that indicates anger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?

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

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