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

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

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It lashes out at the speaker.
(b) It mocks the speaker.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It speaks out of turn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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