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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fun of.
(b) They drift apart.
(c) They were perfectly united.
(d) They were made fools of.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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

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

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

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

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