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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. Which techniques are seen in line 15, "My face in thine eye, thine in mine appears"?
(a) Assonance and internal rhyme.
(b) Consonance and inversion.
(c) Sibilance and euphony.
(d) Alliteration and antithesis.

2. What is the rhyme scheme within each stanza?
(a) ABABCCC.
(b) ABABABA.
(c) ABCABCA.
(d) AABBCCC.

3. 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) "However, when you consider what I am saying."
(c) "Although pleasure is wonderful."
(d) "Except for our relationship."

4. What imperfection does line 18 suggest exists in the real northern hemisphere?
(a) It is boring.
(b) It is cold.
(c) It is stressful.
(d) It is ugly.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which term describes this poem most accurately?

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

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

4. To whom is the speaker addressing this poem?

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

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