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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. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?
(a) 1.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. 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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Cacophony.

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

3. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?

4. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?

5. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

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