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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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."

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

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

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

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

7. 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.

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

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

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

11. What technique is employed in line 16, "Even losing you"?
(a) Sarcasm.
(b) Understatement.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Dramatic irony.

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

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

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

15. How many stanzas does "One Art" have?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What "Art" does the title refer to?

4. What is the meaning of the word "fluster" in line 4?

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

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