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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

3. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

4. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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