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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. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

2. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Consonance and inversion.
(b) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(c) Alliteration and antithesis.
(d) Sibilance and euphony.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

4. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

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