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

2. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Dialogue.
(b) Aside.
(c) Epistle.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

4. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?
(a) The good morning.
(b) The good news.
(c) The good day after.
(d) The good soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?

2. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

3. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

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

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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