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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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