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

2. 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?
(a) Antimetabole.
(b) Cacophony.
(c) Anaphora.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

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

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

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) "Plain" (line 16).
(b) "Sharp" (line 18).
(c) "Rest" (line 16).
(d) "Declining" (line 18).

Short Answer Questions

1. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?

2. What kind of fear is the speaker referring to in line 9?

3. What is the best interpretation of the meaning of "but this" in line 5?

4. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?

5. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

(see the answer key)

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