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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. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?
(a) 28.
(b) 23.
(c) 21.
(d) 26.

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

3. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Explorers and worlds.
(b) Maps and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

2. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?

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

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

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

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