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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 16, "true plain hearts."
(c) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."
(d) Line 17, "better hemispheres."

2. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(b) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(c) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(d) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.

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

4. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?
(a) John Donne.
(b) Henry Vaughan.
(c) George Herbert.
(d) Andrew Marvell.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. 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?

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

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