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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?

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

5. What does the narrator repeat in stanza 2 in reference to the flowers she mentions in the first stanza?

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