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

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABABA.
(b) ABCABCA.
(c) AABBCCC.
(d) ABABCCC.

3. Which term best describes the rhyming in lines 13 and 14, "Let maps to other, worlds on worlds have shown,/ Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one"?
(a) Eye rhyme.
(b) True rhyme.
(c) Slant rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

4. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(b) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(c) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."
(d) "Except for our relationship."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

2. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?

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

4. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?

5. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?

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