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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. 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 creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.
(c) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(d) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.

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

3. 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.

4. 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 19 "equally."
(b) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(c) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(d) Line 11, "one little room."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

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?

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

4. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

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