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

2. What time of day does "Mock Orange" take place?
(a) Morning.
(b) Night.
(c) Afternoon.
(d) Twilight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is mock orange?

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

(see the answer key)

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