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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 no longer interested in either city.
(c) The speaker is not welcome in either city.
(d) The speaker no longer lives in either city.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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) Things.
(b) Many.
(c) Lost.
(d) Intent.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which is a reasonable statement of how the punctuation and syntax of the final stanza affect the stanza's tone?

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

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

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

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

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