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

2. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Eye rhyme.
(c) Identical rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

3. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His mind.
(b) His and his lover's hearts.
(c) His and his lover's souls.
(d) His desire.

4. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(b) "Except for our relationship."
(c) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."
(d) "Although pleasure is wonderful."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

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

4. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

5. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?

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