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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?
(a) 5.
(b) 12.
(c) 2.
(d) 9.

2. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?
(a) Hostilities.
(b) Friendships.
(c) Opposites.
(d) Caresses.

3. What does the speaker say she is unable to do in the final stanza?
(a) Rest or be content.
(b) Sing or dance.
(c) Make love.
(d) Read or write.

4. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).
(a) Heart.
(b) Thoughts.
(c) Ears.
(d) Mind.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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

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