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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

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

(see the answer key)

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