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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. 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) "Declining" (line 18).
(b) "Plain" (line 16).
(c) "Rest" (line 16).
(d) "Sharp" (line 18).

2. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "Except for our relationship."
(b) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(c) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(d) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."

3. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
(a) The good soul.
(b) The good morning.
(c) The good day after.
(d) The good news.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

4. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

5. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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