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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 kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?
(a) An existential fear of purposelessness and loss of meaning.
(b) Fear of loneliness and despair.
(c) Fear of the beloved's disapproval.
(d) Jealousy and insecurity about the relationship.

2. 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 17, "hemispheres."
(b) Line 11, "one little room."
(c) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(d) Line 19 "equally."

3. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Identical rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

4. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is stressful.
(b) It is cold.
(c) It is boring.
(d) It is ugly.

5. 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) "Plain" (line 16).
(b) "Sharp" (line 18).
(c) "Declining" (line 18).
(d) "Rest" (line 16).

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

3. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

4. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?

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

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