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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. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Irony.
(c) Antithesis.
(d) Synesthesia.

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

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

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

5. 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) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(d) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?

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

5. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?

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