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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 does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(b) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.
(c) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(d) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.

2. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(b) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(c) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(d) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?

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

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

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

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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