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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Sibilance and euphony.
(b) Consonance and inversion.
(c) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(d) Alliteration and antithesis.

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

12. 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.

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

14. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?
(a) Critics of his relationship.
(b) The general reader.
(c) His wife.
(d) An unknown beloved.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "The Good Morrow"?

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

3. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

4. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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

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