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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. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(b) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."
(c) Line 16, "true plain hearts."
(d) Line 17, "better hemispheres."

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

3. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Poetry and worlds.
(b) The lovers and worlds.
(c) Maps and worlds.
(d) Explorers and worlds.

4. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(b) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(c) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(d) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?

2. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

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

5. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

(see the answer key)

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