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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the best definition of the word antagonisms as used in the 4th stanza?

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

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

4. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?

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

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