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

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

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

4. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."
(b) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(c) "Except for our relationship."
(d) "However, when you consider what I am saying."

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"?
(a) Slant rhyme.
(b) Eye rhyme.
(c) True rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

3. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?

4. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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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