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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 rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABCCC.
(b) AABBCCC.
(c) ABCABCA.
(d) ABABABA.

2. Which word in lines 15-18 is meant to contrast the impermanent nature of life outside the lovers' relationship with the eternal nature of their love?
(a) "Sharp" (line 18).
(b) "Declining" (line 18).
(c) "Rest" (line 16).
(d) "Plain" (line 16).

3. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Appositive.
(c) Pun.
(d) Hyperbole.

4. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
(a) They are enjambed.
(b) They have fewer syllables than the others.
(c) They are addressed to a different audience.
(d) They do not rhyme.

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"?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Identical rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

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