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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 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?
(a) A pledge of honesty.
(b) Soul, or life force.
(c) Religious faith.
(d) A sincere question.

2. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Consonance and inversion.
(b) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(c) Alliteration and antithesis.
(d) Sibilance and euphony.

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

4. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?
(a) Babies.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Inanimate objects.
(d) Animals.

5. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Maps and worlds.
(b) The lovers and worlds.
(c) Explorers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

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