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

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

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

4. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Noon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?

4. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

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

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