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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. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?
(a) Appositive.
(b) Pun.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Metonymy.

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

3. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) George Herbert.
(b) Andrew Marvell.
(c) John Donne.
(d) Henry Vaughan.

4. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is boring.
(b) It is stressful.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is ugly.

5. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Rhetorical question.
(d) Appeal to Ethos.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

2. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

3. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?

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

5. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

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