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

2. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Apostrophe.
(b) Aside.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Dialogue.

3. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Trochaic hexameter.
(b) Iambic hexameter.
(c) Trochaic pentameter.
(d) Iambic pentameter.

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

5. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(b) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(c) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(d) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?

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

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

4. Lines 12-14, "Let sea-discoverers to new worlds have gone,/ Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," contain an example of which technique?

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

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