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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 odor.
(c) That moon.
(d) That person.

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

3. What is mock orange?
(a) A houseplant.
(b) A flower.
(c) A color.
(d) A fruit.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What drifts through the window in stanza 4?

4. What question is asked in the fourth stanza?

5. What does the speaker say has happened to herself and her addressee in stanza 4?

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