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

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

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Linda Gordon.
(b) Louise Glück.
(c) Lane Garcia.
(d) Lois Glickman.

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

5. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) I tell you.
(b) Do you see.
(c) I mean to say.
(d) Don't you know.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?

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