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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 do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(b) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(c) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(d) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.

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

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

4. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Polysyndeton.
(b) Epistrophe.
(c) Diacope.
(d) Parallelism.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?

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

5. 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?

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