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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 is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Caresses.
(c) Friendships.
(d) Hostilities.

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

3. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Morning.
(b) Afternoon.
(c) Night.
(d) Twilight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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

4. What is mock orange?

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

(see the answer key)

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