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

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

3. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) The moon.
(b) Sex.
(c) Men.
(d) The night.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

2. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

5. What is mock orange?

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