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

2. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 16, "true plain hearts."
(b) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."
(c) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(d) Line 17, "better hemispheres."

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

3. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

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

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"?

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