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

2. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It lashes out at the speaker.
(b) It speaks out of turn.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It mocks the speaker.

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

4. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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

5. What is mock orange?

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