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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. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Pun.
(d) Appositive.

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

3. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABABA.
(b) AABBCCC.
(c) ABCABCA.
(d) ABABCCC.

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

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Epistle.
(c) Aside.
(d) Dialogue.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?

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

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

5. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

(see the answer key)

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