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

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

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) Slant rhyme.
(b) True rhyme.
(c) Eye rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

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

5. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Simile.
(c) Synechdoche.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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