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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 drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The scent of morning dew.
(b) The light from the moon.
(c) The scent of mock orange.
(d) The evening breeze.

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

3. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Do you love me?
(b) Do you see?
(c) Didn't you know?
(d) Can I ask?

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

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

4. What word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).

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

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