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

2. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The moon.
(b) Sex.
(c) Men.
(d) The night.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

2. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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