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

2. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?
(a) Fear of the beloved's disapproval.
(b) Fear of loneliness and despair.
(c) An existential fear of purposelessness and loss of meaning.
(d) Jealousy and insecurity about the relationship.

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

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

5. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) Henry Vaughan.
(b) John Donne.
(c) George Herbert.
(d) Andrew Marvell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

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

5. 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"?

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