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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The light from the moon.
(b) The scent of morning dew.
(c) The evening breeze.
(d) The scent of mock orange.

4. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) The cry.
(b) Her tears.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) The man.

5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The scent of flowers.
(b) The man's body.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The moonlight.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

4. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

5. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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