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

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

3. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Hostilities.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Caresses.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

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

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