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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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) Cacophony.
(b) Onomatopoeia.
(c) Antimetabole.
(d) Anaphora.

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

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

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

13. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Trochaic hexameter.
(b) Trochaic pentameter.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Iambic hexameter.

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

15. 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."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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

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

5. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?

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