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

2. What is mock orange?
(a) A fruit.
(b) A houseplant.
(c) A color.
(d) A flower.

3. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?
(a) I loathe them.
(b) I hate them.
(c) I love them.
(d) I need them.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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

4. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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

(see the answer key)

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