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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) Soul, or life force.
(b) Religious faith.
(c) A pledge of honesty.
(d) A sincere question.

2. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Antithesis.
(c) Synesthesia.
(d) Irony.

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

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

5. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
(a) They do not rhyme.
(b) They are enjambed.
(c) They have fewer syllables than the others.
(d) They are addressed to a different audience.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

4. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

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