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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. 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?
(a) Line 19 "equally."
(b) Line 11, "one little room."
(c) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(d) Line 17, "hemispheres."

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

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

4. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Synechdoche.
(b) Simile.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Allusion.

5. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Henry Vaughan.
(c) George Herbert.
(d) Andrew Marvell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

4. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

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

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