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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Ears.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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