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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. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
(a) They have fewer syllables than the others.
(b) They are enjambed.
(c) They are addressed to a different audience.
(d) They do not rhyme.

2. Which word in lines 15-18 is meant to contrast the impermanent nature of life outside the lovers' relationship with the eternal nature of their love?
(a) "Rest" (line 16).
(b) "Declining" (line 18).
(c) "Plain" (line 16).
(d) "Sharp" (line 18).

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

4. 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) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(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.

5. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Diacope.
(c) Polysyndeton.
(d) Epistrophe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

2. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?

3. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

5. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?

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