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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What kind of metrical foot is the most frequent in "One Art"?
(a) Iamb.
(b) Trochee.
(c) Spondee.
(d) Dibrach.

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

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

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

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

7. 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 "loved."
(c) The word "look."
(d) The word "went."

8. 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 a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(b) It creates irony because the thought's completion on line 9 is actually the opposite of what the speaker means.
(c) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.
(d) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the verb mood of line 4, "Lose something every day"?

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

3. Lines 4 and 6, ending in the words "fluster" and "master," exhibit what type of rhyme?

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

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

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