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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They drift apart.
(b) They were made fun of.
(c) They were perfectly united.
(d) They were made fools of.

4. What is mock orange?
(a) A flower.
(b) A fruit.
(c) A houseplant.
(d) A color.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

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

4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

5. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

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