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

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

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

4. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?
(a) That odor.
(b) That moon.
(c) Her thoughts.
(d) That person.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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