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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) Apostrophe.
(b) Epistle.
(c) Aside.
(d) Dialogue.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?

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. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

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

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

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