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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is mock orange?

3. What troubling thing is still "in the world" (24) in the final stanza?

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

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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