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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

4. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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

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