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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Good Morrow," lines 1-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
(a) Morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Midnight.
(d) Dusk.

2. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 16, "true plain hearts."
(b) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(c) Line 17, "better hemispheres."
(d) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."

3. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His desire.
(b) His mind.
(c) His and his lover's hearts.
(d) His and his lover's souls.

4. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) A sincere question.
(b) A pledge of honesty.
(c) Religious faith.
(d) Soul, or life force.

5. Which word in lines 15-18 is meant to contrast the impermanent nature of life outside the lovers' relationship with the eternal nature of their love?
(a) "Plain" (line 16).
(b) "Rest" (line 16).
(c) "Declining" (line 18).
(d) "Sharp" (line 18).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

2. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?

3. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?

4. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

5. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?

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