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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 odor.
(d) That moon.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

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

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

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

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