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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

4. What question is asked in the fourth 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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