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

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Iambic pentameter.
(b) Iambic hexameter.
(c) Trochaic pentameter.
(d) Trochaic hexameter.

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

4. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is cold.
(b) It is stressful.
(c) It is ugly.
(d) It is boring.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?

4. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

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