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

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

3. 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) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(c) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(d) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.

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

5. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His mind.
(b) His and his lover's souls.
(c) His and his lover's hearts.
(d) His desire.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

3. 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?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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