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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. Although the speaker has indicated that each lover is a complete world, where does the diction suggest that each is actually incomplete without the other?
(a) Line 17, "hemispheres."
(b) Line 19 "equally."
(c) Line 14, "each hath one, and is one."
(d) Line 11, "one little room."

2. What is the dominant meter of this poem?
(a) Iambic hexameter.
(b) Trochaic pentameter.
(c) Iambic pentameter.
(d) Trochaic hexameter.

3. What is different about the poem's first two and last two lines?
(a) They have fewer syllables than the others.
(b) They do not rhyme.
(c) They are enjambed.
(d) They are addressed to a different audience.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literal meaning of the poem's title?

2. What does the speaker say is "waking" in line 8?

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

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

5. How many lines does "The Good-Morrow" contain?

(see the answer key)

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