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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. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) A sincere question.
(b) Soul, or life force.
(c) Religious faith.
(d) A pledge of honesty.

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) Identical rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

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

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

5. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Epistrophe.
(b) Polysyndeton.
(c) Diacope.
(d) Parallelism.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?

3. 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?

4. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

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