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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?
(a) Don't you know.
(b) I mean to say.
(c) I tell you.
(d) Do you see.

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

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

5. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?
(a) The light from the moon.
(b) The evening breeze.
(c) The scent of mock orange.
(d) The scent of morning dew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

4. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?

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

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