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

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

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

4. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "Except for our relationship."
(b) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(c) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."
(d) "Although pleasure is wonderful."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

5. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

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