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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 "always escapes" in stanza 3?
(a) Her thoughts.
(b) Her tears.
(c) The cry.
(d) The man.

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

3. What does the speaker describe as "paralyzing" in the second stanza?
(a) Her bed.
(b) The scent of flowers.
(c) The man's body.
(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 word is missing from the following line from stanza 3: "the low, ___________/ premise of union" (10-11).
(a) Histrionic.
(b) Humiliating.
(c) Humbling.
(d) Horrific.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are "lighting the yard" (3) in the first stanza?

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

3. Fill in the missing word from the 4th stanza: "In my _____ tonight I hear the question and pursuing answer" (12-13).

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

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

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