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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) Hostilities.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Caresses.
(d) Opposites.

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

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

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

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

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

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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