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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. Stanzas four through six have which techniques in common?
(a) First person and indicative mood.
(b) Second person and imperative mood.
(c) First person and imperative mood.
(d) Second person and indicative mood.

2. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?
(a) Internal rhyme.
(b) Slant rhyme.
(c) Perfect rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.

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

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

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 create a choppy sound that indicates anger.
(c) They create a rolling rhythm that invokes the light, carefree tone of a nursery rhyme.
(d) They slow its pace and create a sense of uncertainty.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which technique is used in the speaker's claim to have lost "some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent" (line 14)?

4. 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?

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

(see the answer key)

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