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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Explorers and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

3. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?
(a) His desire.
(b) His and his lover's hearts.
(c) His and his lover's souls.
(d) His mind.

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

5. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?
(a) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(b) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(c) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(d) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.

6. Which term describes this poem most accurately?
(a) Aside.
(b) Epistle.
(c) Dialogue.
(d) Apostrophe.

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

8. 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 17, "hemispheres."
(b) Line 19 "equally."
(c) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(d) Line 11, "one little room."

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

10. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?
(a) 23.
(b) 28.
(c) 26.
(d) 21.

11. 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) "Rest" (line 16).
(b) "Plain" (line 16).
(c) "Sharp" (line 18).
(d) "Declining" (line 18).

12. Where does the poet describe what the lovers see in one another's faces?
(a) Line 16, "true plain hearts."
(b) Line 18, "sharp north" and "declining west."
(c) Line 17, "better hemispheres."
(d) Line 13, "worlds on worlds."

13. 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?
(a) Anaphora.
(b) Antimetabole.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Cacophony.

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

15. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
(a) They are enjambed.
(b) They have fewer syllables than the others.
(c) They do not rhyme.
(d) They are addressed to a different audience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Line 10, "For love, all love of other sights controls," contains an example of which technique?

2. In line 1, the speaker uses the word "troth." What does this word mean in this context?

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"?

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

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

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