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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 is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Trochaic pentameter.
(b) Iambic pentameter.
(c) Trochaic hexameter.
(d) Iambic hexameter.
2. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is stressful.
3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABCCC.
(b) ABABABA.
(c) AABBCCC.
(d) ABCABCA.
4. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His desire.
(b) His and his lover's hearts.
(c) His and his lover's souls.
(d) His mind.
5. 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) Poetry and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Maps and worlds.
Short Answer Questions
1. 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?
2. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
3. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
4. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
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