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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. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Explorers and worlds.
(b) Poetry and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Maps and worlds.

2. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(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 makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.

3. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Appeal to Ethos.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Understatement.

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

5. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
(a) The good soul.
(b) The good news.
(c) The good day after.
(d) The good morning.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

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

4. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

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