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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The scent of morning dew.
(b) The evening breeze.
(c) The light from the moon.
(d) The scent of mock orange.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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