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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. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?
(a) 23.
(b) 26.
(c) 21.
(d) 28.

2. What is the time of day in this poem's setting?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Noon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Dusk.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. 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?

4. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?

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

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