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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) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

2. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were made fun of.
(b) They drift apart.
(c) They were made fools of.
(d) They were perfectly united.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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