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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Good Morrow," lines 1-21.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The mention of the Seven Sleepers in line 4 is an example of which technique?

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

3. In lines 2 and 3, what does the speaker compare himself and his lover to, before their relationship began?

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

5. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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