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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 desire.
(b) His and his lover's souls.
(c) His mind.
(d) His and his lover's hearts.

2. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Understatement.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Appeal to Ethos.
(d) Paradox.

3. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?
(a) Fear of the beloved's disapproval.
(b) Jealousy and insecurity about the relationship.
(c) Fear of loneliness and despair.
(d) An existential fear of purposelessness and loss of meaning.

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

5. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

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

3. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

5. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

(see the answer key)

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