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

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

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

4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The moonlight.
(b) Her bed.
(c) The scent of flowers.
(d) The man's body.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

4. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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

(see the answer key)

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