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

2. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?
(a) 4.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. 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 introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(c) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.
(d) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.

4. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Sibilance and euphony.
(b) Alliteration and antithesis.
(c) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(d) Consonance and inversion.

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
(a) The good soul.
(b) The good news.
(c) The good day after.
(d) The good morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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?

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

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

5. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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