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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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."

6. What does the second stanza suggest the "art" of losing consists of?
(a) Conquering loss.
(b) Accepting loss.
(c) Grieving loss.
(d) Ignoring loss.

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

8. Which is the best description of the tone of stanza one?
(a) Bewildered.
(b) Ebullient.
(c) Livid.
(d) Sanguine.

9. 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?
(a) Places and names are examples of things that can be lost "farther" and "faster."
(b) Places and names are more upsetting to lose than small objects and small amounts of time.
(c) Places and names are examples of things a person can only lose through "practice" and experience.
(d) Places and names are some of the last things that a person loses.

10. 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) Many.
(c) Things.
(d) Lost.

11. 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 a humorous effect because the words that complete the thought on line 9 are unexpected.
(c) It creates the sense of something being missing or lost because the thought is interrupted by enjambment.
(d) It creates an angry, agitated tone because of the isolation of the word "meant," which ends with a harsh sound.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is different about the final stanza of "One Art"?

3. What is the most reasonable interpretation of the speaker's line 13 claim that they have "lost two cities"?

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

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

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