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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 mock orange.
(b) The light from the moon.
(c) The evening breeze.
(d) The scent of morning dew.

2. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Humbling.
(c) Humiliating.
(d) Horrific.

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Heart.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Ears.
(d) Mind.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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