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

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

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

4. 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 17, "hemispheres."
(b) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(c) Line 11, "one little room."
(d) Line 19 "equally."

5. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Oxymoron.
(b) Allusion.
(c) Simile.
(d) Synechdoche.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?

3. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

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

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

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