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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) Soul, or life force.
(c) Religious faith.
(d) A sincere question.

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

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

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

5. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?
(a) Babies.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Inanimate objects.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

4. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?

5. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

(see the answer key)

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