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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 question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Can I ask?
(b) Do you see?
(c) Didn't you know?
(d) Do you love me?

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

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 speaks out of turn.
(d) It seals the speakers mouth.

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That person.
(b) That odor.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That moon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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