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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.
(c) The power of their love can overcome any real-world obstacles.
(d) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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) Slant rhyme.
(c) Identical rhyme.
(d) True rhyme.

9. 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 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(d) Line 19 "equally."

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

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

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

13. 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) "Declining" (line 18).
(c) "Rest" (line 16).
(d) "Sharp" (line 18).

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

3. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

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

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

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