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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 morning dew.
(b) The light from the moon.
(c) The scent of mock orange.
(d) The evening breeze.

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

3. What does "the man's mouth" do in stanza 2?
(a) It speaks out of turn.
(b) It mocks the speaker.
(c) It seals the speakers mouth.
(d) It lashes out at the speaker.

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?
(a) Can I ask?
(b) Didn't you know?
(c) Do you love me?
(d) Do you see?

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

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

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

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

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