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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. 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?
(a) Line 11, "one little room."
(b) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(c) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(d) Line 19 "equally."

2. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is ugly.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is cold.
(d) It is stressful.

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

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. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?
(a) Fear of the beloved's disapproval.
(b) Fear of loneliness and despair.
(c) Jealousy and insecurity about the relationship.
(d) An existential fear of purposelessness and loss of meaning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

2. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

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

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

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

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