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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 phrase "'Twas so" in line 5 mean?
(a) It confirms that the possibilities outlined in lines 1-4 were actually true.
(b) It makes clear that the whole stanza is hypothetical, not a reality.
(c) It introduces the logical consequences of the ideas offered in lines 1-4.
(d) It creates a shift in time, indicating that lines 5-7 take place in the future.

2. 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?
(a) Line 11, "one little room."
(b) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(c) Line 19 "equally."
(d) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."

3. 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) "Sharp" (line 18).
(c) "Plain" (line 16).
(d) "Rest" (line 16).

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

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

3. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

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

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