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

2. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?
(a) Critics of his relationship.
(b) The general reader.
(c) His wife.
(d) An unknown beloved.

3. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Diacope.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Polysyndeton.

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 confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(c) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(d) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.

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

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 is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

3. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

4. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

5. 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?

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