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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

3. Line 11, "And makes one little room an everywhere," contains an example of which technique?

4. What do the poem's final three lines suggest is true about the speaker's and his lover's relationship?

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

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