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

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Iambic pentameter.
(b) Trochaic pentameter.
(c) Iambic hexameter.
(d) Trochaic hexameter.

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

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

5. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(b) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(c) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(d) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

4. 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?

5. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

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