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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. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?
(a) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Anaphora.
(c) Antimetabole.
(d) Cacophony.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

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

3. 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"?

4. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

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