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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. 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) Identical rhyme.
(b) Slant rhyme.
(c) True rhyme.
(d) Eye rhyme.

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

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

4. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
(a) Morning.
(b) Noon.
(c) Dusk.
(d) Midnight.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

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

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

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