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

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) Explorers and worlds.
(b) Maps and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

2. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?
(a) Synesthesia.
(b) Irony.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Antithesis.

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

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

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

6. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?
(a) Babies.
(b) Inanimate objects.
(c) Animals.
(d) Farmers.

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

8. 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.

9. 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) Eye rhyme.
(c) True rhyme.
(d) Identical rhyme.

10. Which term describes the use of the word "beauty" in line 6?
(a) Metonymy.
(b) Pun.
(c) Appositive.
(d) Hyperbole.

11. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?
(a) "Except for our relationship."
(b) "On the other hand, the poem I am writing."
(c) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(d) "Although pleasure is wonderful."

12. 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) Cacophony.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

14. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?
(a) Appeal to Ethos.
(b) Rhetorical question.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Understatement.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

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

3. 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?

4. 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?

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

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