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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. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Maps and worlds.
(b) Poetry and worlds.
(c) Explorers and worlds.
(d) The lovers and worlds.

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

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

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

5. Which word in lines 15-18 is meant to contrast the impermanent nature of life outside the lovers' relationship with the eternal nature of their love?
(a) "Declining" (line 18).
(b) "Rest" (line 16).
(c) "Sharp" (line 18).
(d) "Plain" (line 16).

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?

2. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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

4. What does the phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?

5. How many additional syllables does the final line in each stanza contain?

(see the answer key)

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