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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(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 a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.

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

3. 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"?
(a) Intent.
(b) Things.
(c) Many.
(d) Lost.

4. 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.

5. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?
(a) It reverses the rhyme pattern of the previous stanzas.
(b) It has an extra line.
(c) Every line is endstopped.
(d) It is written in free verse.

6. What "Art" does the title refer to?
(a) The art of mastering loss.
(b) The art of maintaining relationships.
(c) The art of maintaining perspective.
(d) The art of disciplining the emotions.

7. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?
(a) Imperative.
(b) Subjunctive.
(c) Interrogative.
(d) Indicative.

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

9. What is the name of the metrical foot that appears at the end of lines 1 and 3 in most of the stanzas?
(a) Dactyl.
(b) Anapest.
(c) Tribrach.
(d) Amphibrach.

10. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?
(a) Humorous coincidence.
(b) Tiring inconvenience.
(c) Sudden, uncoordinated movement.
(d) Confused agitation.

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

12. In the first stanza, what does the speaker suggest makes the loss of some things especially easy to accept?
(a) They are part of a distant past.
(b) They are small and insignificant.
(c) They are difficult to live with.
(d) They seem to want to get lost.

13. 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?
(a) The word "next."
(b) The word "look."
(c) The word "went."
(d) The word "loved."

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

15. How many refrains does "One Art" contain?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 7, "Then practice losing farther, losing faster," rhythm is created through which devices?

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

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme of the first five stanzas of "One Art"?

5. 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?

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