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

2. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Make love.
(b) Rest or be content.
(c) Read or write.
(d) Sing or dance.

3. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Horrific.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Histrionic.

4. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Friendships.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Hostilities.
(d) Caresses.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

3. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

4. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

(see the answer key)

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