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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 line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I mean to say.
(c) Do you see.
(d) I tell you.

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?
(a) A houseplant.
(b) A color.
(c) A flower.
(d) A fruit.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

5. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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