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

2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) Sparklers.
(d) Streetlights.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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