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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lines 1 - 24 .

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many stanzas are in the poem "Mock Orange"?

4. What line in stanza one suggests the narrator is speaking to somebody?

5. What does the speaker say "always escapes" in stanza 3?

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