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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. 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?
(a) Line 11, "one little room."
(b) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(c) Line 19 "equally."
(d) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."

2. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Synechdoche.

3. 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?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Antimetabole.

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

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
(a) The good soul.
(b) The good morning.
(c) The good day after.
(d) The good news.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?

3. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?

4. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?

5. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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