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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

4. What is mock orange?

5. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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