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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) Her tears.
(b) The cry.
(c) The man.
(d) Her thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

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