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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 8 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

3. Which technique is used repeatedly in the first quatrain?

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

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the poem's final conceit about the hemispheres of a planet.

2. Where is this poem set, and what is happening there?

3. Explain how the conceit of dreaming unifies the first stanza.

4. Explain the rhetorical purpose of the image that begins the third stanza.

5. Explain how the conceit of exploration is incorporated into the speaker's argument in stanza two.

6. Explain the poem's allusion to the Seven Sleepers.

7. Describe the structure of this poem.

8. What element of hyperbole is contained in the poem's allusion to the Seven Sleepers?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the speaker's beliefs about love in "The Good Morrow." How important does love seem to be to the speaker? What are some of the things that the speaker thinks love can accomplish? How does this make the speaker feel? What role do the speaker's beliefs about love play in the poem's overall meaning? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the poem's use of rhetorical questions. Where do they occur, and what significance does their placement have? What effect do they have on tone, and what larger purpose does this serve? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay that makes and defends a claim about the motif of vision in "The Good Morrow." How do language and detail choices create this motif? What different aspects of vision are invoked? How does this motif support the poem's overall meaning? Support your ideas with both quoted and paraphrased evidence from the poem's text. Cite your evidence in MLA format.

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