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

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

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

4. 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) Eye rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

2. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

3. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?

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

5. 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?

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