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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 best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Caresses.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Hostilities.

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Twilight.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Morning.
(d) Night.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

(see the answer key)

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