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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) The lovers and worlds.
(b) Poetry and worlds.
(c) Maps and worlds.
(d) Explorers and worlds.

2. 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?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Anaphora.

3. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(b) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(c) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(d) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.

4. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(b) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(c) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(d) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.

5. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Synesthesia.
(c) Irony.
(d) Antithesis.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?

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

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

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

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