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

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

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

4. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

3. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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