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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is mock orange?

(see the answer key)

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