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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. 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) He wishes that she would give as much to the relationship as he does.
(c) Because they love and give an equal amount, their love is immortal.
(d) Their relationship already feels as if it has gone on forever.

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

5. 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) "Declining" (line 18).
(d) "Sharp" (line 18).

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. 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 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(b) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(c) Line 19 "equally."
(d) Line 11, "one little room."

13. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) AABBCCC.
(b) ABABABA.
(c) ABCABCA.
(d) ABABCCC.

14. 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 are addressed to a different audience.
(d) They do not rhyme.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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