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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 man's body.
(b) The moonlight.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The scent of flowers.

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Lane Garcia.
(b) Linda Gordon.
(c) Lois Glickman.
(d) Louise Glück.

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

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

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Didn't you know?
(b) Do you see?
(c) Can I ask?
(d) Do you love me?

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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