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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 this poem most accurately?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Aside.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Dialogue.

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABABA.
(b) AABBCCC.
(c) ABABCCC.
(d) ABCABCA.

4. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(b) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.
(c) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(d) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.

5. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(b) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(c) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(d) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?

2. 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?

3. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

4. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

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?

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