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

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

3. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Appeal to Ethos.
(d) Understatement.

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

5. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?
(a) 28.
(b) 23.
(c) 26.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

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

4. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

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

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