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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. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) Andrew Marvell.
(b) John Donne.
(c) Henry Vaughan.
(d) George Herbert.

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

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

4. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?
(a) Animals.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Inanimate objects.
(d) Babies.

5. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?
(a) The general reader.
(b) An unknown beloved.
(c) His wife.
(d) Critics of his relationship.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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