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

2. What is the longest stanza in "Mock Orange"?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.

3. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) The scent of flowers.
(b) The man's body.
(c) Her bed.
(d) The moonlight.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author of "Mock Orange"?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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