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

2. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?
(a) Critics of his relationship.
(b) The general reader.
(c) His wife.
(d) An unknown beloved.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

3. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

4. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

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

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