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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 fruit.
(b) A color.
(c) A houseplant.
(d) A flower.

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

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

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

5. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The man's body.
(b) The moonlight.
(c) The scent of flowers.
(d) Her bed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

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

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

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

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

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