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

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

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

4. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?
(a) Lois Glickman.
(b) Lane Garcia.
(c) Louise Glück.
(d) Linda Gordon.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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