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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 mock orange?
(a) A flower.
(b) A houseplant.
(c) A color.
(d) A fruit.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

3. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

5. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

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