Vector analysis, comparing tensors to vectors

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I have been struggling with this homework question for a week and it still makes no sense to me.

I am asked to

"choose a nontrivial second order tensor in R^2 and determine whether or not it can be identified with a first order tensor in R^4 in a natural way, and if it can be, is every second order tensor in R^2 a first order tensor in R^4 in this natural way?"

What is he talking about? As far as I know they have the same number of components and that is it.
 
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