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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Didn't you know?
(b) Do you love me?
(c) Can I ask?
(d) Do you see?

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Twilight.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Night.
(d) Morning.

3. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Sparklers.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Streetlights.

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That person.
(b) That moon.
(c) That odor.
(d) Her thoughts.

5. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I hate them.
(b) I need them.
(c) I love them.
(d) I loathe them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

2. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

3. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

4. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

5. What is mock orange?

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