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

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

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It seals the speakers mouth.
(b) It speaks out of turn.
(c) It lashes out at the speaker.
(d) It mocks the speaker.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

3. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

(see the answer key)

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