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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 troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That moon.
(b) That person.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That odor.

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

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I need them.
(b) I love them.
(c) I hate them.
(d) I loathe them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

3. What is mock orange?

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

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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