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

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) Her tears.
(b) The cry.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) The man.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is mock orange?

5. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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