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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) 9.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

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

3. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?
(a) They were perfectly united.
(b) They were made fools of.
(c) They were made fun of.
(d) They drift apart.

4. What does the speaker explicitly say she hates in the second stanza?
(a) Sex.
(b) The night.
(c) The moon.
(d) Men.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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 time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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

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