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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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