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

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 17, "better hemispheres."
(d) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

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

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

4. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

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