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

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

3. 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 hate them.
(c) I loathe them.
(d) I love them.

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That moon.
(b) That person.
(c) That odor.
(d) Her thoughts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

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

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

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

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

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