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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 term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Aside.
(b) Dialogue.
(c) Apostrophe.
(d) Epistle.

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

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

4. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) Soul, or life force.
(b) A sincere question.
(c) Religious faith.
(d) A pledge of honesty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?

3. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?

4. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

5. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?

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