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

2. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Explorers and worlds.
(b) Maps and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

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. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?

5. 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?

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