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

2. In line 14, "Let us possess one world, each hath one, and is one," what two things are being compared?
(a) Maps and worlds.
(b) Explorers and worlds.
(c) The lovers and worlds.
(d) Poetry and worlds.

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

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

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. 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?

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

3. What is the dominant meter of this poem?

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

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?

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