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

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

3. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?
(a) Streetlights.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Fireflies.
(d) Sparklers.

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

5. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Hostilities.
(b) Opposites.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Caresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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