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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

2. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

4. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?

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

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