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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

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

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

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

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

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