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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 speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His and his lover's souls.
(b) His and his lover's hearts.
(c) His mind.
(d) His desire.

2. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 16, "true plain hearts."
(b) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(c) Line 17, "better hemispheres."
(d) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."

3. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is cold.
(b) It is stressful.
(c) It is boring.
(d) It is ugly.

4. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(b) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(c) "Except for our relationship."
(d) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

5. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?

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